Definition of "laudatio" [laudatio]

• In law, evidence tending to prove the good character of one accused. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said in her laudatio."
• "Cicero's speeches employ laudatio and vituperatio, in which, among the four virtues, temperantia (with its antitheses) receives by far the greatest attention, not only because accusations of luxuria and avaritia had long proved most effective in arousing indignatio and odium, but also because Cicero sincerely believed that these were the vices most typical of Rome and most dangerous to the welfare of the Republic."
• "'Quoties magni alicuius viri mors ab historicis narrata est, toties fere consummatio totius vitae et quasi funebris laudatio redditur."