repetition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an event that repeats
    repeat.
    • the events today were a repeat of yesterday's
  2. noun the act of doing or performing again
    repeating.
  3. noun the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

WordNet

Rep`e*ti"tion noun
Etymology
L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See Repeat.
Definitions
  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.) The act of repeating, singing, playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
  4. (Rhet.) 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.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. Syn. -- Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology.

Webster 1913