recountal

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Again, Darrow In Detroit a pallid, tense, exhausted attorney for the defense finished his plea with a recountal of the evolution of the Negro.

From Time Magazine Archive

The story as told in his own language reads like the recountal of an everyday event.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

The doctor, breaking away from the lengthy recountal of Mrs. Lorton, went upstairs to the spare room, where still sat Mr. Drake Vernon on the edge of the bed, very white, but very self-contained.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles

The preceding day had been filled with hardship and danger—so much so that my heart sank a little at the recountal of it.

From Spanish Doubloons by Kenyon, Camilla

The recountal of his performance would doubtless afford much entertainment to the pair in the post-office.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various