'Rubato' definitions:

Definition of 'rubato'

From: WordNet
noun
A flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat

Definition of 'Rubato'

From: GCIDE
  • Rubato \Ru*ba"to\, a. [It.] Robbed; borrowed. [1913 Webster]
  • Temple rubato. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed. [1913 Webster]

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