Category:Recital

Re*cit"al, n. Etym: [from recite.]

1. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of A document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

2. A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, As of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration. Addison.

3. That which is recited; a story; a narration.

4. (mus.)

Defn: a vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- Distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or Violin recital.

5. (law)

Defn: the formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact In any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the Transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading Introductory to some positive allegation. Burn.

Syn. -- account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; Explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See account.