English

Noun

rendition ‎(plural renditions)

1. (now rare) The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.). [from 17th c.]
2. (now rare) The handing-over of a person or thing. [from 17th c.]
3. Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work. [from 17th c.]
4. (law, chiefly US) Formal deliverance of a verdict. [from 18th c.]
5. (law, chiefly US) The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction; extradition. [from 19th c.]
   • 2011, Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 30 Mar 2011:

     Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials.

6. An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]
   • 2011, Paul Lester, The Guardian, 12 Apr 2011:

     The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts.

7. A given visual reproduction of something. [from 20th c.]

Hyponyms

• extraordinary rendition

Related terms

• render

Translations

See also

• extradition

Verb

rendition ‎(third-person singular simple present renditions, present participle renditioning, simple past and past participle renditioned)

1. (transitive) To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another.
   • 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275991687, page 60,

     Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.

See also

• rendition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nitrenoid