accentuation

noun3

1. •
   Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

   • This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.] — 1985
2. •
   Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
3. •
   A more distinct or prominent form.

   • The secretary withdrew with an accentuation of his unhappy manner. It was very distressing to him, this dispersal of the family heirlooms. — 1923