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Recitations
- noun - a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
- a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
- systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
- written matter that is recited from memory
Recreations
- noun - activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends"
- an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
- Free time
- Pastime
Recusations
- noun - (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties
- (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves
Redemptions
- noun - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
Reelections
- noun - election again; "he did not run for reelection"
Reflections
- noun - (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
- a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- a likeness in which left and right are reversed
- a remark expressing careful consideration
- expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
- the ability to reflect beams or rays
- the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
- the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
Refractions
- noun - the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Refutations
- noun - any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- the act of determining that something is false
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
Regressions
- noun - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- returning to a former state
- the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
Regulations
- noun - (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
- an authoritative rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
- the state of being controlled or governed