- the act or art of declaiming.
- exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.
- speech or writing for oratorical effect.
- the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.
- a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- a speech, verse, etc, that is or can be spoken
- the act or art of declaiming
- the artistry or technique involved in singing recitative passages
