Recapitulation n. : The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

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Defination from the web:
Recapitulation (music), a section of musical sonata form where the exposition is repeated in an altered form and the development is concluded. Recapitulation theory, a scientific theory influential on but no longer accepted in its ... Recapitulation (Irenaeus), a religious theory ...