recital

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act of reading or reciting in a public performance.
2. n. A very detailed account or report of something; a narration.
3. n. A public performance of music or dance, especially by a solo performer.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The reciting or repeating of something previously prepared; especially, an elocutionary recitation; the rhetorical delivery before an audience of a composition committed to memory: as, the recital of a poem; a dramatic recital.
2. n. A telling over; a narration; a relation of particulars about anything, either orally or in writing: as, the recital of evidence.
3. n. That which is recited; a story; a narrative: as, a harrowing recital.
4. n. In law:
5. n. That part of a deed which rehearses the circumstances inducing or leading to its execution.
6. n. Any incidental statement of fact in a deed or contract: as, a recital is evidence of the fact recited, as against the party making it.
7. n. A musical performance or concert, vocal or instrumental, especially one given by a single performer, or a concert consisting of selections from the works of some one composer: as, a Wagner recital; a piano recital. Synonyms and Relation, Narrative, etc. (see account), repetition, speech, discourse.

Wiktionary

1. n. The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal
2. n. The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.
3. n. That which is recited; a story, narration, account.
4. n. A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.
5. n. law A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal.
2. 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.
3. n. That which is recited; a story; a narration.
4. n. (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert
5. n. (Law) 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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
2. n. a detailed account or description of something
3. n. a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
4. n. a detailed statement giving facts and figures
5. n. performance of music or dance especially by soloists