Definition of “recitation”

Dubya's occasional recitation of stock phrases is also not because he can't think of anything else, or doesn't know anything else.

In Telling Tales, he recalls a particular problem he had in a public recitation of a sentence by Oliver Goldsmith:

Kadredin was not to be deterred from his slothful recitation.

Penny opened the door and began what sounded like a recitation.

Radha Patel, from Kheda district, touched the audience by her recitation of Manav (Man), woven around the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Subjects were asked to recite poetry aloud for 30 minutes, with measurements of their heart rate being taken before and after recitation.

Tambo reinforces that charge with a veritable recitation of accusations, which are repeated verbatim by Mbeki in his political epistle.

When he had finished this terrifying recitation , Dr Haydar covered his face.