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interlocution
Definition of interlocution
1 : interchange of speech : conversation
2 : an interruptive utterance : interruption interpolation parenthesis
3a obsolete : responsive reading or recital b obsolete : a speech in reply : response c : mode of intercommunication
4a [Late Latin interlocution-, interlocutio, from Latin] : the making of an interlocutory legal order or decree; also : the order or decree b Roman law : a constitution of the emperor in the form of an informal expression of the imperial wish
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Origin and Etymology of interlocution
Latin interlocution-, interlocutio, from interlocutus (past participle of interloqui to speak between, from inter- + loqui to speak) + -ion-, -io -ion
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