Advertisement

recital (n.)

1510s, a legal term, "rehearsal or statement of relevant facts," from recite + -al. Meaning "act of reciting" is from 1610s; musical performance sense is from 1811.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of recital from WordNet

recital (n.)
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
Synonyms: narration / yarn
recital (n.)
performance of music or dance especially by soloists;
recital (n.)
a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance;
Synonyms: recitation / reading
recital (n.)
a detailed statement giving facts and figures;
his wife gave a recital of his infidelities
recital (n.)
a detailed account or description of something;
he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings
From wordnet.princeton.edu