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rendition
[ ren-dish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of rendering.
Synonyms: version, interpretation
- a translation.
- an interpretation, as of a role or a piece of music.
- the legal procedure or process of sending a suspected criminal to another country to be interrogated or detained, usually for law-enforcement purposes. Compare extraordinary rendition.extradition.
- Archaic. surrender.
rendition
/ rɛnˈdɪʃən /
noun
- a performance of a musical composition, dramatic role, etc
- a translation of a text
- the act of rendering
- archaic.surrender
verb
- tr to subject (a person) to extraordinary rendition
Other Words From
- nonren·dition noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rendition1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rendition1
Example Sentences
The agency will neither defend the so-called rendition, detention, and interrogation programs.
For instance, the Beatles rendition of Crying, Waiting, Hoping, the great Buddy Holly song.
Earle also gave a short musical performance, which included this rendition of his own “Christmas in Washington.”
He is also supposed to have serenaded his captives with his own rendition of Charles Aznavour love songs.
In his rendition Charlie Sheen stands in a foyer and overturns a bucket filled with checks, not ice water.
In “The Miller who grinds for Love,” the feeling and intensity and dramatic quality he puts into its rendition are stirring.
Why cannot the same principle be applied to the rendition of fugitives from service?
No loophole could be found in the Canadian law that would permit the rendition of a slave.
Miss Waddleton vetoed my plans for the rendition of the balcony scene at commencement next month.
He called John McCulloch to his box one night and congratulated him on his successful rendition of the part he was playing.
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