Reddition

//ɹəˈdɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    restoration; restitution: surrender countable, uncountable

    "perfect obedience[…]partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection, and partly by conqueſt"

  2. 2
    explanation; representation countable, uncountable

    "reddition, or application of the comparison"

Example

More examples

"perfect obedience[…]partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection, and partly by conqueſt"

Etymology

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

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