reddition means restoration; restitution: surrender. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
REDDITION — [Noun] A formal act of surrendering or restoring something, or a scholarly explanation or translation of a text. From the Latin redditio, from reddere ("to give back, to return"). Unlike "rendition," which emphasizes a performer's interpretation, or "capitulation," which details the negotiated terms of a defeat, reddition is the ceremonial finality of return. It is the lowering of a battle-torn flag at dusk, the precise gloss unlocking a dead language, the quiet moment a lost artifact is placed back on its rightful shelf—a terminus that is, in its essence, a restoration.
noun
- restoration; restitution: surrender“perfect obedience[…]partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection, and partly by conqueſt”
- explanation; representation“reddition, or application of the comparison”