[rep.li.ca.tion] n (14c) 1 a: answer, reply b (1): an answer to a reply: rejoinder (2): a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea, answer, or counterclaim
2: echo, reverberation 3 a: copy, reproduction b: the action or process of reproducing
4: performance of an experiment or procedure more than once; esp: systematic or random repetition of agricultural test rows or plats to reduce error