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rendition

noun

  1. to give, provide, giving
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

Etymology: From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.

  1. An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.

    Near-synonym: rendering

    The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts.

  2. A given visual reproduction of something.
  3. Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
  4. Formal deliverance of a verdict.
  5. 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.

  6. The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).
  7. The handing over of a person or thing.

verb

Etymology: From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render.

  1. 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.