Narration \Nar*ra"tion\, n. [L. narratio: cf. F. narration.]

1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

2. That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.

3. (Rhet.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history. See Account.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)