redition

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noun

The act of returning; a return.

OriginLatin reditio →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteThe act of returning; a return.

    The selfe same way shee came doth make retreate, And so effects the sounde reechoed Onely in part, because shee weaker is In that redition, then when first shee fled

    1614–1615, Homer, “The Sixth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinreditio
  2. Englishredition

From Latin reditio, from redire. See redient.

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APA

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MLA

“redition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redition. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redition.

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