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rendition
- /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.
noun renditions
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An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
Near-synonym: rendering
Similar: interpretation, rendering
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A given visual reproduction of something.
Similar: rendering
- Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
- Formal deliverance of a verdict.
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The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction.
Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials.
Similar: extradition
- The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).
- The handing over of a person or thing.
verb renditions · renditioning · renditioned
- To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another. Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: interpretation, interpreting, rendering, repossession, surrender, submission, relinquishment, relocation, deportation, resettlement, remission, deliver, delocalisation, handover, repatriation, release
Translations
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noun an interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work
| Español | interpretación, rendición |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | प्रतिपादन pratipādan |
| Français | interprétation |
| Deutsch | Wiedergabe, Interpretation, Aufführung, Vortrag |
| Русский | трактовка traktovka, толкование tolkovanije, изложение izloženije |
Talk about this word "rendition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rendition. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rendition. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rendition "rendition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rendition.Cite this
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title = {rendition},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rendition},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
