Dictionary Definition
capitulation
Noun
1 a summary that enumerates the main parts of a
topic
2 the act of surrendering (under agreed
conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the
fort" [syn: fall, surrender]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms.
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
Extensive Definition
Capitulation or Capitulations may have the
following special meanings.
capitulation in French: Capitulation
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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, treaty