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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Recitation

/(rĕs`ĭ*tā"shŭn)/ · Rec·i·ta·tion · IPA /ˌɹɛsəˈteɪʃən/
01 n. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
  1. 1.
    The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
  2. 2.
    The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
  3. 3.
    The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.(Colleges and Schools)