exclamationn.[L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.]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. (Hooker.)Thus will I drown your exclamations. (Shak.)A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. (Trench.)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.()