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rep·e·ti·tion       [rep-i-tish-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
2.repeated utterance; reiteration.
3.something made by or resulting from repeating.
4.a reproduction, copy, or replica.
5.Civil Law. an action or demand for the recovery of a payment or delivery made by error or upon failure to fulfill a condition.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME (< OF repeticion) < L repetītiōn- (s. of repetītiō), equiv. to repetīt(us) (ptp. of repetere to repeat) + -iōn- -ion]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rep·e·ti·tion       (rěp'ĭ-tĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
  2. A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.


[Middle English repeticioun, from Old French repeticion, from Latin repetītiō, repetītiōn-, from repetītus, past participle of repetere, to repeat; see repeat.]

rep'e·ti'tion·al adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
repetition 
1526, "act of saying over again," from L. repetitionem (nom. repetitio), from repetitus, pp. of repetere "do or say again" (see repeat). Of actions, attested from 1597. Repetitious is recorded from 1675; repetitive is from 1839.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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repetition

noun
1. an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" [syn: repeat] 
2. the act of doing or performing again 
3. the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Repetition

Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[e^]p`[-e]-t[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r['e]p['e]tition. See Repeat.]

1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. --Shak.

2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.

4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Syn: Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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