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reddition

/ɹəˈdɪʃən/

reddition noun: restoration; restitution: surrender.

Noun

reddition (countable and uncountable, plural redditions)

  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...

Forms of reddition

pluralredditions

Origin of reddition

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

Questions about reddition

What does reddition mean?
Reddition means restoration; restitution: surrender.
What part of speech is reddition?
Reddition is a noun.
How do you pronounce reddition?
Reddition is pronounced /ɹəˈdɪʃən/.
What is the plural of reddition?
The plural of reddition is redditions.

Words near reddition in the dictionary

  1. reddit
  2. redditard
  3. Redditch
  4. reddited
  5. redditing
  6. reddition
  7. redditions
  8. redditive
  9. redditives
  10. redditor
  11. redditors

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