capitulation

[ kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of capitulating.
2. the document containing the terms of a surrender.
3. a list of the headings or main divisions of a subject; a summary or enumeration.
4. 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.

capitulation

/ kəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of capitulating
2. a document containing terms of surrender
3. a statement summarizing the main divisions of a subject

Derived Forms

• caˈpitulatory, adjective

Other Words From

• ca·pit·u·la·to·ry [k, uh, -, pich, -, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
• nonca·pitu·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of capitulation¹

First recorded in 1525–35, capitulation is from the Medieval Latin word capitulātiōn- (stem of capitulātiō ). See capitulate, -ion

Example Sentences

Netanyahu’s response to defeat was not simply to deride the new coalition as a “government of capitulation” but to call his ouster the “greatest election fraud in the history of the country.”

From Time

Tesla now commands a bigger market valuation than social-media giant Facebook, with the latest jolt to the electric-vehicle maker’s share price coming from the capitulation of a long-time Wall Street bear on Thursday.

From Fortune

Like Gandhi after him, Sharpe had taken on the most powerful empire in the world, and achieved an astonishing capitulation.

From Ozy

If I showed you the next four quarters of M&A trade, there’s a huge number of capitulation trades, which is a sign of a declining market, not a rising one.

From Digiday

Hence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.

From The Daily Beast

The Barzeh truce sparked outrage from commentators aligned with the opposition, who viewed it as little more than capitulation.

From The Daily Beast

U.S. and Israeli hawks are rushing to call the interim nuclear agreement a capitulation and Obama another Chamberlain.

From The Daily Beast

But what negotiation can the naysayers cite, in modern times, that has ever been an outright capitulation?

From The Daily Beast

A successful end to the current talks, in the eyes of the West, would represent not so much compromise as capitulation.

From The Daily Beast

At last the accumulated horrors shook even his firm spirit, and on June 4th a capitulation was agreed on.

From Project Gutenberg

During the early months of 1797 he commanded a column at Bologna, and was present at the capitulation of Mantua.

From Project Gutenberg

The capitulation was a matter of half an hour, and by nightfall I followed the duke and his escort into the town.

From Project Gutenberg

Orders were then given to cease firing, and by one oʼclock the terms of capitulation were being negotiated.

From Project Gutenberg

But at ten o'clock in the evening a flag of truce arrived offering a capitulation.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• submission
• yielding