The action or fact of recounting or reciting something, or of repeating something previously heard, written, or spoken; narration, recital…

Chiefly Scottish = rehearsal, n. 1. Obsolete.

The action or an instance of reciting in a formal manner, esp. recitation of something learned by heart; a piece set to be learned and recited.

Declamation or recitation, esp. delivered at length or without thought or reflection; speechifying; prattling. Also as a count noun: an…

In Spenser: = rehearsal, n.

The action of reading aloud or repeating from memory a poem, passage, prayer, etc. Also: the action of intoning a psalm or canticle.

The action of delivering words; delivery. Obsolete. rare.

Originally U.S. A performance or interpretation of something, esp. a dramatic role or a piece of music.

School slang. A piece or lesson to be learned and recited; the class at which such pieces are recited. Cf. repetition, n.1 3b. Now rare.