Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eloquence \El"o*quence\, n. [F. ['e]loquence, L. eloquentia, fr.
   eloquens. See {Eloquent}.]
   1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in
      public; the power of expressing strong emotions in
      striking and appropriate language either spoken or
      written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

            Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance
            of the heart.                         --Hare.

   2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and
      persuasive speech.

            Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. --Pope.

            The hearts of men are their books; events are their
            tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.

            O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb
            presagers of my speaking breast.      --Shak.

   Syn: Oratory; rhetoric.

Source : WordNet®

eloquence
     n : powerful and effective language [syn: {fluency}]