1.A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. "Exclamations against abuses in the church." "Thus will I drown your exclamations." "A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion."
2.(Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3.(Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus (!); called also exclamation point.
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