[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

diction \dic"tion\, n. l. dicto a saying, a word, fr. dicere,
   dictum, to say; akin to dicare to proclaim, and to e. teach,
   token: cf. f. diction. see teach, and cf. benison,
   dedicate, index, judge, preach, vengeance.
   choice of words for the expression of ideas; the
   construction, disposition, and application of words in
   discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.;
   mode of expression; language; as, the diction of chaucer's
   poems.
   1913 webster

         his diction blazes up into a sudden explosion of
         prophetic grandeur.                      --de quincey.

   syn: diction, style, phraseology.

   usage: style relates both to language and thought; diction,
          to language only; phraseology, to the mechanical
          structure of sentences, or the mode in which they are
          phrased. the style of burke was enriched with all the
          higher graces of composition; his diction was varied
          and copious; his phraseology, at times, was careless
          and cumbersome. "diction is a general term applicable
          alike to a single sentence or a connected composition.
          errors in grammar, false construction, a confused
          disposition of words, or an improper application of
          them, constitute bad diction; but the niceties, the
          elegancies, the peculiarities, and the beauties of
          composition, which mark the genius and talent of the
          writer, are what is comprehended under the name of
          style." --crabb.
          1913 webster
see also:
teach benison dedicate index judge preach 
vengeance diction style phraseology 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

diction
     n 1: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view
          of its intelligibility to the audience syn: enunciation
     2: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
        concise military verbiage"- g.s.patton syn: wording, phrasing,
         phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
see also:
enunciation wording phrasing phraseology choice of words verbiage 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "diction":
   articulation, delivery, elocution, enunciation, expression,
   expressiveness, inflection, intonation, language, oratory,
   parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, presentation,
   pronunciation, rhetoric, speech, terminology, usage, verbalism,
   verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording

Diction >> D Words
Diction, definition of term: Diction
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Diction
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diction - definition by dict.die.net
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