REPETI'TION, n. [L. repetitio. See Repeat.] 1. The act of doing or uttering a second time; iteration of the same act, or of the same words or sounds.2. The act of reciting or rehearsing; the act of reading over.3. Recital.4. Recital from memory, as distinct from reading.5. In music, the art of repeating, singing or playing the same part a second time.6. In rhetoric, reiteration, or a repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
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