Exclamation /(?)/

Ex·cla·ma·tion

Exclamation

n.
  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.
    Thus will I drown your exclamations.
    A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.
  2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. (Rhet.)
  3. A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point. (Print.)