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English
Etymology
From Latin redditio, from reddere (“to give back, to return”). Compare French reddition. See render and rendition.
Pronunciation
Noun
reddition (countable and uncountable, plural redditions)
- restoration; restitution: surrender
- explanation; representation
, 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, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., , 1843, →OCLC:reddition, or application of the comparison
References
“reddition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin redditiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ ~ /ʁe.di.sjɔ̃/
Noun
reddition f (plural redditions)
- surrender, capitulation
- reimbursement
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