dedit

noun

de·​dit

dāˈdē

plural -s

Canadian law

: a sum forfeited by one who has failed in an engagement

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French desdit, literally, contradiction, from desdire to deny, retract, contradict, from des- de- + dire to say, from Latin dicere

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