exercitation

US: (ig zûr′si tā′shən)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•er•ci•ta•tion  (ig zûr′si tā′shən), n. 

1. exercise or exertion, as of the faculties or powers of the body or mind:
   an exercitation of the imagination.
2. practice or training:
   exercitations in logical thinking.
3. Religion the performance of a religious observance;
   an act of worship.
4. a disquisition or discourse performed as a display of skill.

• Latin exercitātiōn- (stem of exercitātiō) exercise, practice, equivalent. to exercitāt(us) (past participle of exercitāre, to exercise, frequentative of exercēre; see exercise) + -iōn- -ion
• Middle English exercitacioun 1325–75