/ren dish"euhn/ , n.
1. the act of rendering.
2. a translation.
3. an interpretation, as of a role or a piece of music.
4. Archaic. surrender.
[ 1595-1605; reddition ( reddicion ) reddition- (s. of redditio ), equiv. to L reddit ( us ) (ptp. of reddere; see RENDER 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 1. interpretation, version.