Definition of repetition

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Repetition (n.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note..

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Replication :: Replication (n.) A repetition; a copy.
Recital :: Recital (n.) The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony..
Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Repetitionary :: Repetitionary (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, repetition..
Replica :: Replica (v. & n.) Repetition.
Epiphora :: Epiphora (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas..
Reboation :: Reboation (n.) Repetition of a bellow.
Inculcate :: Inculcate (v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility..
Pronoun :: Pronoun (n.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they..
Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..
Tautophony :: Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note..
Palilogy :: Palilogy (n.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, The living, the living, he shall praise thee..
Reiterative :: Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally..
W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal
Repetitioner :: Repetitioner (n.) One who repeats.
Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..
Parrotry :: Parrotry (n.) Servile imitation or repetition.
Echo :: Echo (n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
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