(n.) The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.
(n.) Translation; rendering; version.
Example Sentences:
(1) An artist's rendition of the entire normal gerbil tympanic membrane is presented.
(2) Simon said he ruled against Belhaj because American, as well as British, officials were involved in the operation – the rendition of Belhaj and his pregnant wife to Tripoli in 2004 – which Belhaj wanted a British court to declare unlawful.
(3) To his credit, one of the Prime Minister's first acts after entering No10 was to announce an inquiry into the UK's involvement in rendition and torture.
(4) "Greeks need to unburden their fears," says the comic, the scent of cologne permeating his dressing room after he has danced, sung and quipped his way through another rendition of "Sorry … I'm Greek".
(5) I haven't felt this enlightened since extraordinary rendition.
(6) The influx of complaints – mainly from former detainees alleging mistreatment, false imprisonment or UK complicity in rendition – demonstrates, according to the Cabinet Office, why secret court hearings are required.
(7) As a result of the case, the identities of some of the corporations involved in the rendition programme have been disclosed for the first time, along with the names of some of the executives who knew the purpose of the flights.
(8) Brennan's testimony theoretically represents a rare chance to learn more about drone killing, warrantless wiretapping, torture, rendition, foreign meddling and other odd cloak-and-daggery.
(9) Eight Libyans, members of the two families, say they were victims of rendition.
(10) She performed an emotional rendition of Open Your Heart at this year's Grammy awards as 33 couples were wed onstage during a performance by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and also guested on Miley Cyrus's MTV Unplugged set.
(11) The authors also conclude that the UK-Libyan rendition operations that resulted in the abduction of two dissidents who were taken to Tripoli along with their families in 2004 were intended not to combat international terrorism, but to "gain favour" with the Gaddafi regime.
(12) The UK's support for the CIA's global rendition programme after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US was far more substantial than has previously been recognised, according to a new research project that draws on a vast number of publicly available data and documentation.
(13) The project also brings to light new information on the methods used to avoid detection of rendition flights, particularly as journalists became aware of the programme.
(14) I can today confirm that the UK continues to welcome the US presence, and that the agreements will continue as they stand until 30 December 2036.” Human rights groups have claimed that the Diego Garcia base was used for rendition flights involving jihadi suspects, including during the transfer of the Libyan dissident Abdul Hakim-Belhaj to Tripoli in 2004.
(15) It is disproportionate and unnecessary, which is probably why it appeals to Jack Straw, who still faces embarrassing questions on torture and rendition that took place on his watch.
(16) Other countries are conspicuous by their absence from the rendition list: Sweden and Finland are present, but there is no evidence of Norwegian involvement.
(17) However, Diego Garcia was used for a small number of rendition operations – despite repeated claims by the British government that this had not happened – and a number of human rights group remain convinced that prisoners were incarcerated there.
(18) And one of the question marks above David Miliband’s head ... One of the issues is, he was foreign secretary at the time that extraordinary rendition was going on, and the question is: how much did he know?
(19) The different sketches and 3D renditions of the ten projects make audacious and compelling viewing (see them here ).
(20) Alicia Keys and John Legend will duet on Let It Be , while John Mayer has agreed to join country singer Keith Urban for a rendition of Don't Let Me Down .
Surrender
Definition:
(v. t.) To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.
(v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
(v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
(v. t.) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.
(v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.
(n.) The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.
(n.) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
(n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
(n.) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
Example Sentences:
(1) That latter issue is quite controversial in Germany, where the Bundesbank is not happy about surrendering control to the ECB .
(2) Following a first-half surrender, they performed appreciably better in the second period with little cameos hinting at better days to come – eventually.
(3) "They refused and said they preferred fighting and martyrdom to surrendering," he said.
(4) Ukraine map An aide to Ukraine's interior minister posted on Facebook that rebels had begun surrendering in some areas of Kiev's "anti-terrorist operation", and the newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda reported that some rebels were asking for a corridor to put down their arms and leave areas surrounded by government forces.
(5) Chelsea must summon a response at Atlético Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday, trying to blot out the memory of the lead that was surrendered so wastefully here.
(6) The laws of war allow for rights of surrender, for prisoner of war rights, for a human face to take judgments on collateral damage.
(7) Labour were indeed routed, but the Conservatives surrendered a slightly larger slice of the vote, haemorrhaging four votes for every five they had had in 2010.
(8) On 28 November, the Czechoslovak communist regime surrendered to the people.
(9) If they refuse to do so, make the least show of resistance, or attempt to run away from you, you will fire upon and compell [sic] them to surrender, breaking and destroying the Spears, Clubs, and Waddies of all those you take prisoner.
(10) Nigeria already faces a growing Islamist threat in Boko Haram; its president, Goodluck Jonathan, has said: "We can no longer surrender any part of the globe to extremism."
(11) Chelsea might have added a second long before their rivals surrendered possession sloppily, not for the first time, in central midfield, allowing the visitors to break at pace.
(12) The creation of Albion’s second goal was more artful, even if it started with Özil being pestered into surrendering possession near halfway.
(13) The idea excited both Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill, but was crushed by Marshal Philippe Pétain , who described the plan as a “marriage to a corpse”, since France was about to surrender.
(14) The Labour MP Frank Field , chair of the work and pensions committee, whose role in the MPs’ inquiry into the collapse of BHS has put him into the role of Green’s nemesis, said the businessman appeared willing to lose his reputation rather than “surrender a modest part of his mega-fortune” to aid BHS pensioners.
(15) Recent years have seen the surrender of a number of Mladic's former allies to the war crimes court as Belgrade has come under increasing pressure to co-operate with prosecutors.
(16) The majority of gestational carriers stated that they had considered becoming a traditional surrogate but felt they could not surrender a child that was genetically theirs.
(17) Modern Western Culture regards death as a threatening enemy, whereas the ancients, as is the case in eastern philosophy, recognized both the fight with, and the releasing surrender to death.
(18) Photograph: Multnomah County Sandra Anderson was thrust into the national spotlight during the final 24 hours of the standoff as she refused to surrender and made bold statements during live-streamed phone calls as the FBI closed in on the holdouts .
(19) He said Assange remained in breach of his bail conditions, adding: "Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest."
(20) One can sit through these brutally long takes to have some idea of what it must feel like to be pounded into submission each day, and refuse to surrender.