capitulation
the act of capitulating.
the document containing the terms of a surrender.
a list of the headings or main divisions of a subject; a summary or enumeration.
Often capitulations. a treaty or agreement by which subjects of one country residing or traveling in another are extended extraterritorial rights or special privileges, especially such a treaty between a European country and the former Ottoman rulers of Turkey.
Origin of capitulation
1Other words from capitulation
- ca·pit·u·la·to·ry [kuh-pich-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- non·ca·pit·u·la·tion, noun
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How to use capitulation in a sentence
Hence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Barzeh truce sparked outrage from commentators aligned with the opposition, who viewed it as little more than capitulation.
Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace | Joshua Hersh | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTU.S. and Israeli hawks are rushing to call the interim nuclear agreement a capitulation and Obama another Chamberlain.
No, Obama’s Iran Deal Was Not a Munich-Style Surrender | Peter Beinart | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what negotiation can the naysayers cite, in modern times, that has ever been an outright capitulation?
A successful end to the current talks, in the eyes of the West, would represent not so much compromise as capitulation.
Have Iran Talks Fallen Victim to 'Negotiation Fetishism?' | Matt Lerner | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
At last the accumulated horrors shook even his firm spirit, and on June 4th a capitulation was agreed on.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonDuring the early months of 1797 he commanded a column at Bologna, and was present at the capitulation of Mantua.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe capitulation was a matter of half an hour, and by nightfall I followed the duke and his escort into the town.
Orders were then given to cease firing, and by one oʼclock the terms of capitulation were being negotiated.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBut at ten o'clock in the evening a flag of truce arrived offering a capitulation.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for capitulation
/ (kəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃən) /
the act of capitulating
a document containing terms of surrender
a statement summarizing the main divisions of a subject
Derived forms of capitulation
- capitulatory, adjective
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