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rec·i·ta·tion

[res-i-tey-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act of reciting.
2.
a reciting or repeating of something from memory, especially formally or publicly.
3.
oral response by a pupil or pupils to a teacher on a prepared lesson.
4.
a period of classroom instruction.
5.
an elocutionary delivery of a piece of poetry or prose, without the text, before an audience.
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6.
a piece so delivered or for such delivery.
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Origin:
1475–85; < Latin recitātiōn- (stem of recitātiō), equivalent to recitāt(us) (past participle of recitāre to recite) + -iōn- -ion

non·rec·i·ta·tion, noun
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  • To many, he will be especially remembered as a chef and an avid reader who loved poetry and had a gift for recitation.
  • Sadder still was the recitation of names of clowns who died in the past year.
  • Yet beneath the incessant recitation of the river's real problems you can discern murmurs of love.
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recitation (ˌrɛsɪˈteɪʃən)
 
n
1.  the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse before an audience
2.  something recited

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