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
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.”
With Benjamin Netanyahu Out in Israel, What Comes Next for the Country? | Ian Bremmer | June 18, 2021 | TimeTesla 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.
Like Gandhi after him, Sharpe had taken on the most powerful empire in the world, and achieved an astonishing capitulation.
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.
‘A significant uptick in deal flow’: Why Europe is becoming a hotbed of ad tech innovation | Lara O'Reilly | August 5, 2020 | DigidayHence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The 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 BEASTAt 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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