dedition

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noun

yielding, surrender.

OriginLatin deditio →
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Meanings

noundedition (plural deditions)

plural deditions

  1. obsoleteyielding, surrender.
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    [A]lmoſt all Victories, […] end in Deditions and Capitulations, and Faith given to the Conqueror, whereby oftentimes the former Laws, Privileges, and Poſſeſſions are confirmed to the Subdued, without which the Victors ſeldom continue long or quiet in their New Acqueſts, without extream Expence, Force, Severity and Hazard.

    1713, [Matthew Hale], “How the Common Law of England Stood at and for Some Time after the Coming in of King William I.”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], →OCLC, page 78

Origin

  1. Latindeditio
  2. Englishdedition

From Latin deditio, from dedere (“to give away, surrender”), from de- + dare (“to give”).

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Anagrams

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APA

dedition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedition

MLA

“dedition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dedition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedition.

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