Word of the Day - Repetition

repetition

/rɛpɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
mass noun
1 The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
count noun ‘a repetition of his reply to the delegation’
1.1 archaic count noun A piece set by a teacher to be learned by heart and recited.
2 often with negative The recurrence of an action or event.
2.1 count noun A thing repeated.
2.2
count noun A training exercise which is repeated, especially a series
of repeated raisings and lowerings of the weight in weight training.
2.3 Music The repeating of a passage or note.

Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French repeticion or Latin repetitio(n-), from repetere (see repeat).

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Harry didn't begrudge his colleagues for being loquacious. It was their repetition
which brought him down. Every year, the stories told over drinks were
the same ones. This year, he was sure he had recognized one of the
actual conference presentations!

[The dictionary gave us loquacious today, but ghost used that word back in 2005, and we all know repetition is not allowed!]