Category:Recitation

Rec`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [l. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. See Recite.]

1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond.

2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, Especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so Delivered.

3. (colleges and schools)

Defn: the rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.