traduction
noun
tra·duc·tion
trəˈdəkshən
1
: the act or an instance of traducing
specifically : an act of defaming : defamation, slander
2
: the repetition of a word or one of its derivatives or a term with a change in sense for rhetorical or argumentative effect
3
obsolete : something traduced
especially : tradition
4
: logical inference in which premises and conclusion are of the same order of generality
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin traduction-, traductio, from Latin, act of transferring, from traductus (past participle of traducere to lead across, transfer) + -ion-, -io -ion
- give (someone) the finger
- give (someone) the hook
- give (someone) the pink slip
- give (someone) the push
- give (someone) the runaround
- give (someone) the sack
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- give (someone) the shivers
- give (someone) the slip
- give (someone) the time of day
- give (someone) to understand
- give (someone) up for lost
- give (something) a fling
- give (something) a jerk
- give (something) a miss
- give (something) a rest
- give (something) a second look
- give (something) a shot
- give (something) a whirl
- give (something) new life
- give (something) up as a bad job
- give a bell
- give a break
- give a call
- give a clean bill of health