rendition

UK /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ US /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
noun 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

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.

verb

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.

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