Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recitation

Recitation (res`i*tā"shun) , noun

[Latin recitatio: compare French récitation. See Recite.]

1.
The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. — Hammond
2.
The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
3.
(Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.