WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
in′direct dis′course, 
  1. Grammardiscourse consisting not of an exact quotation of a speaker's words but of a version transformed from them for grammatical inclusion in a larger sentence. He said he was hungry is an example of indirect discourse. Cf. direct discourse.

'indirect discourse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
direct discourse - indirect - indirect speech

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