Synonyms for recitation
ˌrɛs ɪˈteɪ ʃənrecita·tion

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1. recitationnoun

   written matter that is recited from memory

   Synonyms:
   reading, practice session, drill, course session, exercise, recital, practice, class period

2. recitation, recital, readingnoun

   a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

   "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

   Synonyms:
   reading, narration, yarn, reading material, meter reading, practice session, drill, version, course session, exercise, recital, practice, class period, indication, interpretation

3. course session, class period, recitationnoun

   a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study

   Synonyms:
   reading, practice session, recital, course session, exercise, practice, class period, drill

4. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitationnoun

   systematic training by multiple repetitions

   "practice makes perfect"

   Synonyms:
   physical exercise, usage, use, practice, praxis, recital, drill, practice session, utilisation, example, utilization, class period, employment, exercising, pattern, course session, reading, workout, physical exertion, exercise

Matched Categories

1. • Matter
   • Public Speaking
   • Session
   • Training

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1. recitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   recital, rehearsal, repetition

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1. recitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   reciting, rehearsal, cantillation (recitation with musical modulations)

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1. Hiram Sasser:

   So if they choose not to recite the pledge, they stand quietly. Nothing is forced on the child. kids can not be required to say it, but leading in the recitation of it is as constitutional as the national motto In God We Trust.

2. Hiram Sasser:

   Kids can not be required to say it, but leading in the recitation of it is as constitutional as the national motto In God We Trust, if singing God Bless America is good enough for New York, it should be good enough for New Jersey.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   I have the greatest respect for Sen. Sanders and he makes a passionate case against the big banks and his solution is recitation of Glass-Steagall, which would, in his view, lead to the breaking up of the big banks, that leaves out a huge part of the financial system. I don't want them to get away with that.