rendition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
    rendering.
    • they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert
  2. noun an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
    interpretation; interpreting; rendering.
    • the edict was subject to many interpretations
    • he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables
    • often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning
  3. noun handing over prisoners to countries where torture is allowed
  4. noun the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
    interpretation; rendering.
    • her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving

WordNet

Ren*di"tion noun
Etymology
LL. rendere to render: cf. L. redditio. See Render, and cf. Reddition.
Definitions
  1. The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.
    The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn.
  2. Translation; rendering; version.
    This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. South.

Webster 1913