capitulation
About 0.93 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- noun The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- noun The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- noun An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
Similar words
surrender fall concession abdication sell-out collapse re-capitulation succumbence compromise yielding
Often followed by
of to was and in were on at with
Word family
capitulations
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