Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Recapitulation has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
(music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.