Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deditio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dedi-tio
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In medieval Europe, an act of ritualized submission and request for mercy, performed before a monarch or other feudal lord.

Example Sentences

"A deditio implied a clear duty for the victorious party to treat his former enemy leniently, and the conditions for surrender were often arranged in advance."
"The ritual of deditio was ostentatiously emotional, with tears of contrition both signalling submission and calculated to encourage a formal pardon from a king who risked losing face by failing to show clemency."

Etymology

From Latin dēditiō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: dēditiō

Questions

What does deditio mean?: In medieval Europe, an act of ritualized submission and request for mercy, performed before a monarch or other feudal lord.
Where does deditio come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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