REPETITION

repetition, repeating

(noun) the act of doing or performing again

repetition

(noun) the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

repeat, repetition

(noun) an event that repeats; “the events today were a repeat of yesterday’s”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

repetition (countable and uncountable, plural repetitions)

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Synonym: rep

Synonyms

• (act of repeating): See repetition

• (instance of repeating): recurrence, reiteration; see also reoccurrence

Etymology 2

Verb

repetition (third-person singular simple present repetitions, present participle repetitioning, simple past and past participle repetitioned)

To petition again.

Anagrams

• petitioner

Source: Wiktionary

Rep`e*ti"tion (rp`-tsh"n), n. Etym: [L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See Repeat.]

1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. Shak.

2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: The act of repeating, singing,

4. (Rhet.)

Definition: Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

5. (Astron. & Surv.)

Definition: The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Syn.

– Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition