repetition

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio.

noun

  1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
  2. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Etymology 2

re- + petition

verb

  1. To petition again.
    The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again. 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney, Be the Change, page 7

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