rehearsal

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act of practicing in preparation for a public performance.
2. n. A session of practice for a performance, as of a play.
3. n. A detailed enumeration or repetition: a long rehearsal of his woes.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of rehearsing. Repetition of the words of another.
2. n. Narration; a telling or recounting, as of particulars: as, the rehearsal of one's wrongs or adventures.
3. n. In music and the drama: The process of studying by practice or preparatory exercise: as, to put a work in rehearsal.
4. n. A meeting of musical or dramatic performers for practice and study together, preliminary to a public performance.

Wiktionary

1. n. the practicing of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
2. n. (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory