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Synset

the use of language to perform some act
<noun.communication>

speech act more info
semantic pointers
hypernym
act, human action, deed, human activity
hyponym
congratulation, felicitation slander proposal, proposition command, bid, bidding, dictation agreement citation disagreement offer, offering request, asking reply, response description assertion, affirmation, statement denial rejection objection informing, making known revelation, disclosure, revealing promise boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation naming challenge explanation denunciation, denouncement speech, address resignation