Associations to the word «Recitation»

Wiktionary

RECITATION, noun. The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
RECITATION, noun. The material recited.
RECITATION, noun. A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.

Dictionary definition

RECITATION, noun. Written matter that is recited from memory.
RECITATION, noun. A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems".
RECITATION, noun. A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study.
RECITATION, noun. Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca