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Answer : GESTURE
gesture – n
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
something done as an indication of intention; “a political gesture”; “a gesture of defiance”
SYNONYMS
gesticulation, mime, pantomime, sign, signal
IN A SENTENCE
raised his hand overhead in a gesture of triumph
Specific gestures can indicate particular moods.
His arm was raised in a gesture of defiance.
She gestured towards the fireplace.
ETYMOLOGY
early 15c., “manner of carrying the body,” from Medieval Latin gestura “bearing, behavior, mode of action,” from Latin gestus “gesture, carriage, posture” (see gest). Restricted sense of “a movement of the body or a part of it, intended to express a thought or feeling,” is from 1550s; figurative sense of “action undertaken in good will to express feeling” is from 1916.
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