reddition

noun — 2 senses

reddition

noun

/ɹəˈdɪʃən/

Etymology From Latin redditio, from reddere (“to give back, to return”). Compare French reddition. See render and rendition.

1

restoration; restitution: surrender

  • perfect obedience[…]partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection, and partly by conqueſt1640, 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:
2

explanation; representation

  • reddition, or application of the comparison[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

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