Rĕc/i-tā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. recitatio, Fr. récitation, Pr. recitatio, Sp. recitacion, It. recitazione. See RECITE.]

1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words. Hammond.
2. The delivery before an audience of something prepared beforehand, or of a piece committed to memory; a public reading or reproduction, especially as an elocutionary exhibition.
3. (Amer. Colleges and Schools.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor; the repetition of something committed to memory.