repetition
nounThe act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
nounA recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.
nounThe act of repeating, in any sense; iteration of the same act, word, sound, or idea.
nounYe haue another sort of repetition when in one verse or clause of a verse ye iterate one word without any intermission, as thus: It was Maryne, Maryne that wrought mine woe.
nounThat which is repeated.
nounRemembrance; recollection.
nounIn Scots law, repayment of money erroneously paid.
nounSpecifically, in music, the rapid reiteration or repercussion of a tone or chord, so as to produce a sustained effect, as upon the pianoforte and other stringed instruments.
nounSame as
in mathematics, a partition in which a number occurs r times. Thus, 2 + 2 + 2 + 5 is a repetition of 3.