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ren·di·tion

   [ren-dish-uhn]
noun
1.
the act of rendering.
2.
a translation.
3.
an interpretation, as of a role or a piece of music.
4.
Archaic. surrender.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Middle French, alteration of reddition (< Middle English reddicion) < Late Latin redditiōn- (stem of redditiō), equivalent to Latin reddit(us) (past participle of reddere; see render1) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
non·ren·di·tion, noun

Synonyms
1. interpretation, version.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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rendition (rɛnˈdɪʃən)
 
—n
1.  a performance of a musical composition, dramatic role, etc
2.  a translation of a text
3.  the act of rendering
4.  archaic surrender
 
—vb
5.  (tr) to subject (a person) to extraordinary rendition
 
[C17: from obsolete French, from Late Latin redditiō see render]

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rendition
c.1600, "surrender of a place or possession," from obsolete Fr. rendition "a rendering," from O.Fr. rendre "to deliver, to yield" (see render). Meaning "translation" first recorded 1650s; that of "an acting, a performing" first recorded 1858, Amer.Eng.
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