repetition

[ rep-i-tish-uhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

  2. repeated utterance; reiteration.

  1. something made by or resulting from repeating.

  2. a reproduction, copy, or replica.

  3. Civil Law. an action or demand for the recovery of a payment or delivery made by error or upon failure to fulfill a condition.

Origin of repetition

1
1375–1425; late Middle English (<Old French repeticion) <Latin repetītiōn- (stem of repetītiō), equivalent to repetīt(us) (past participle of repetere to repeat) + -iōn--ion

Other words from repetition

  • non·rep·e·ti·tion, noun

Words Nearby repetition

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British Dictionary definitions for repetition

repetition

/ (ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of repeating; reiteration

  2. a thing, word, action, etc, that is repeated

  1. a replica or copy

  2. civil law Scots law the recovery or repayment of money paid or received by mistake, as when the same bill has been paid twice

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