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capitulation
CIDE DICTIONARY
capitulation, n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.].
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. [1913 Webster]"With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify." [1913 Webster]
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms. [1913 Webster]
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
capitulation, n.
1 the act of capitulating; surrender.
2 a statement of the main divisions of a subject.
3 an agreement or set of conditions.
1 the act of capitulating; surrender.
2 a statement of the main divisions of a subject.
3 an agreement or set of conditions.
THESAURUS
capitulation
NATO, SEATO, abandonment, account, accounts, alliance, body count, cartel, census, cession, concord, concordat, convention, count, entente, entente cordiale, giving in, giving over, giving up, head count, international agreement, inventory, league, mutual-defense treaty, nonaggression pact, nose count, paction, recapitulation, recedence, recession, reckoning, recount, recounting, rehearsal, relinquishment, renunciation, repertory, retreat, statement, submission, summary, summation, summing, summing up, surrender, treatyROGET THESAURUS
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Submission
N submission, yielding, nonresistance, obedience, surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation, backdown, obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration, surrendering, submissive, resigned, crouching, downtrodden, down on one's marrow bones, on one's bended knee, unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting, pliant, undefended, untenable, indefensible, humble, have it your own way, it can't be helped, amen, da locum melioribus, tempori parendum.For further exploring for "capitulation" in Webster Dictionary Online
