Synonyms:
narration, recital, yarn
Meaning: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
Synonyms:
recital
Meaning: performance of music or dance especially by soloists
Usage examples
Emily, at this recital, shed tears.
King Mark made his nephew give him a minute recital of his adventures.
The beast listened with attention and when Ojo had finished the recital it said, with a sigh:
'Who is she?' asked Teddy as, tired and exhausted by his recital, he threw himself on the grass to rest.
Frequently, in the midst of a recital, the narrator, through forgetfulness, hesitates, and thinks that he can recall it.
Pausing for a moment to collect her thoughts, she plunged into the recital, her tale being merely a repetition of that given to Adam Adams.
"It is but honest that I should acknowledge at the beginning of my recital that I was born an ordinary Woggle-Bug," began the creature, in a frank and friendly tone.
They did not speak much more, but thridded their way through many a bosky dell, whose soft green influence could not charm away the shock and the pain in Margaret's heart, caused by the recital of such cruelty; a recital too, the manner of which betrayed such utter want of imagination, and therefore of any sympathy with the suffering animal.