speech act

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noun

the use of language to perform some act
• Hypernyms:
act, deed, human action, human activity
• Hyponyms:
congratulation, felicitation, slander, proposal, proposition,
command, bid, bidding, dictation, agreement, citation,
disagreement, offer, offering, request, asking, reply,
response, description, affirmation, assertion, statement, denial,
rejection, objection, informing, making known, disclosure, revelation,
revealing, promise, boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation,
naming, challenge, explanation, denunciation, denouncement, address,
speech, resignation