Recital
WordNet
noun
(1) Performance of music or dance especially by soloists
(2) The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
"His narration was hesitant"
(3) A detailed account or description of something
"He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"
(4) A detailed statement giving facts and figures
"His wife gave a recital of his infidelities"
(5) A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
"The program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
- A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
- That which is recited; a story; a narration.
- A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
- The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
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