Definition of recital
- n. - The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of
another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
- n. - A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of
anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
- n. - That which is recited; a story; a narration.
- n. - A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; --
distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or
violin recital.
- n. - The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of
fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which
the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading
introductory to some positive allegation.