Rendition

Quick meaning: Rendition is a noun meaning An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.

Meaning

An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.

More Meanings

1. A given visual reproduction of something.
2. Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
3. (law, chiefly US) Formal deliverance of a verdict.
4. (law, chiefly US) The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction.
5. (now rare) The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.).
6. (now rare) The handing over of a person or thing.
7. (transitive) To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: rendering

Yes. That is Rob Schneider performing an impromptu rendition of his famous character: the annoying guy who is wrong.

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

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.

Word Forms

• renditions
• renditioning
• renditioned

Synonyms for rendition

Depending on context, synonyms include rendering, extradition, interpretation, interpreting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interpretation, interpreting, rendering, repossession, surrender, submission.

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