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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