Nar-rā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. narratio, Fr. narration, Pr. narracio, Sp. narracion, It. narrazione.]

1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.
2. That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.
3. (Rhet.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

Syn.—Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history. See ACCOUNT.