reddition
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin redditio, from reddere (“to give back, to return”). Compare French reddition. See render and rendition.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
reddition (countable and uncountable, plural redditions)
- restoration; restitution: surrender
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
- perfect obedience […] partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection, and partly by conqueſt
- explanation; representation
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- reddition, or application of the comparison
References[edit]
“reddition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin redditiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
reddition f (plural redditions)
- surrender, capitulation
- reimbursement
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “reddition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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