trəˈdəkshən noun
Etymology: Late Latin traduction-, traductio, from Latin, act of transferring, from traductus (past participle of traducere to lead across, transfer) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act or an instance of traducing ; specifically : an act of defaming : defamation , slander
2. : the repetition of a word or one of its derivatives or a term with a change in sense for rhetorical or argumentative effect
3. obsolete : something traduced ; especially : tradition
4. : logical inference in which premises and conclusion are of the same order of generality