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redition

redition noun: the act of returning; a return.

Noun

redition

  1. (obsolete) The act of returning; a return.
    • The selfe same way shee came doth make retreate,
      And so effects the sounde reechoed
      Onely in part, because shee weaker is
      In that redition, then when first shee fled1614–1615, Homer, “The Sixth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...

Origin of redition

From Latin reditio, from redire. See redient.

Questions about redition

What does redition mean?
Redition means the act of returning; a return.
What part of speech is redition?
Redition is a noun.

Words near redition in the dictionary

  1. redisturbance
  2. redisturbances
  3. redisturbed
  4. redisturbing
  5. redisturbs
  6. redition
  7. Rediu
  8. rediversification
  9. rediversifications
  10. rediversified
  11. rediversifies

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