rendition

 
Pronunciation: /rɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music: a wonderful rendition of ‘Nessun Dorma’
  • a visual representation or reproduction: a pen-and-ink rendition of Mars with his sword drawn
  • a translation or transliteration: ‘Iroquois’ is a French rendition of an Algonquian word for ‘rattlesnake’
  • 2 (also extraordinary rendition) [mass noun] (especially in the US) the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners.

Origin:

early 17th century: from obsolete French, from rendre 'give back, render'