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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rendition \Ren*di"tion\ (r?n-d?sh"?n), n. [LL. rendere to render: cf L. redditio. See {Render}, and cf {Reddition}.] 1. The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also surrender in war. The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. --Evelyn. 2. Translation; rendering; version. This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rendition n 1: a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc [syn: {rendering}] 2: an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables" [syn: {interpretation}, {interpreting}, {rendering}] 3: the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance [syn: {rendering}, {interpretation}]
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