#37 allocution

allocution- a formal or authoritative speech or address, especially one that advises, informs, or exhorts

-C17 from Latin allocutio, alloqui (to address), loqui (to speak)

"I think I want to plead guilty and give full allocution," she said quietly.

You were there when Madoff walked in, when he gave his plea allocution.

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