'Rendition' definitions:
Definition of 'rendition'
(from WordNet)
noun
A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.; "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert" [syn: rendition, rendering]
noun
An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "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" [syn: interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering]
noun
Handing over prisoners to countries where torture is allowed
noun
The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving" [syn: rendition, rendering, interpretation]
Definition of 'Rendition'
From: GCIDE
- Rendition \Ren*di"tion\ (r?n-d?sh"?n), n. [LL. rendere to render: cf. L. redditio. See Render, and cf. Reddition.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Translation; rendering; version. [1913 Webster]
- This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rendition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alphabet,
- art,
- blueprint,
- cameo,
- cantando,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- character,
- character sketch,
- charactering,
- characterization,
- chart,
- choreography,
- composite reading,
- concentration,
- concept,
- conception,
- conflation,
- construction,
- conventional representation,
- critical edition,
- dance notation,
- decoction,
- delineation,
- demilegato,
- demonstration,
- depiction,
- depictment,
- description,
- details,
- diagram,
- diplomatic text,
- distillation,
- drama,
- drawing,
- edited text,
- edition,
- evocation,
- execution,
- exemplification,
- expression,
- extradition,
- figuration,
- fingering,
- giving back,
- glissando,
- graphic account,
- hieroglyphic,
- iconography,
- ideogram,
- illustration,
- image,
- imagery,
- imaging,
- impression,
- infusion,
- interpretation,
- intonation,
- itemization,
- lection,
- legato,
- letter,
- limning,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- map,
- mezzo staccato,
- music-making,
- musical notation,
- normalized text,
- notation,
- parlando,
- particularization,
- performance,
- photograph,
- pianism,
- pictogram,
- picture,
- picturization,
- pizzicato,
- plan,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- prefigurement,
- presentment,
- pressing,
- printing,
- profile,
- projection,
- reading,
- realization,
- recommitment,
- reddition,
- remand,
- remandment,
- remitter,
- rendering,
- repatriation,
- repercussion,
- representation,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- restoring,
- return,
- rubato,
- schema,
- scholarly edition,
- score,
- script,
- sending back,
- sketch,
- slur,
- soaking,
- specification,
- spiccato,
- squeezing,
- staccato,
- steeping,
- syllabary,
- symbol,
- tablature,
- text,
- touch,
- understanding,
- variant,
- version,
- vignette,
- vivid description,
- word painting,
- writing