SuaviloquyToday’s word

narration

Narration, n.

Etymology: [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.

1 more senses

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

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for narration; he lists it under history, report, story.

Where he writes about it:

If it passes close limits of brevity, it ceases to be an anecdote, and becomes a narrative or narration. — from story