repetition
noun
[ rɛpɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
• "her comments are worthy of repetition"
Similar:
reiteration,
repeating,
restatement,
retelling,
iteration,
recapitulation,
recital,
rehearsal,
recap,
reprise,
iterance,
echoing,
parroting,
quoting,
copying,
echolalia,
• the recurrence of an action or event.
• "there was to be no repetition of the interwar years"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French repeticion or Latin repetitio(n- ), from repetere (see repeat).
