recitation
[noun]
Synonyms: recital, lecture, passage, performance, piece, reading

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re‧ci‧ta‧tion /ˌresəˈteɪʃən, ˌresɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

1. an act of saying a poem, piece of literature etc that you have learned, for people to listen to:
recitations from the great poets

2. a spoken description of an event or a series of events
recitation of
He went into a recitation of his life from the earliest years.

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