What does "recitation" mean?
Recitation: The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
Additional senses
- 2.(Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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