REPETITION

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. Shak.

2.
n.

Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3.
n.

The act of repeating, singing,

4.
n.

Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

5.
n.

The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.