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recitation(dictionary)

recitation (iou)



recitation noun. L15.
[Old & mod. French recitation or Latin recitatio(n-), from recitat- pa. ppl stem of recitare RECITE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or an act of reciting; esp. the action or an act of repeating a text from memory or of reading a text aloud before an audience.
A. Kenny The daily recitation of the breviary. G. Boddy Kathleen also entertained the girls with songs and recitations at concerts.