Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun repetition

3 senses of repetition

Sense 1
repeat, repetition -- (an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's")
       => periodic event, recurrent event -- (an event that recurs at intervals)

Sense 2
repetition, repeating -- (the act of doing or performing again)
       => continuance, continuation -- (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)

Sense 3
repetition -- (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)
       => rhetorical device -- (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))