Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English repeticion, from Middle French, from Latin repetition-, repetitio, from repetere to repeat
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