Capitulation definition

kə-pĭchə-lāshən
The act of surrendering or giving up.

Lack of food and ammunition forced the capitulation of the rebels.

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A document containing the terms of surrender.
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An enumeration of the main parts of a subject; a summary.
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A statement of the main parts of a subject.
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The act of capitulating; conditional surrender.
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A document containing terms of surrender, articles of concession, etc.; treaty; covenant.
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A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
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The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms.
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The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
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An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
capitulation
Plural:
capitulations

Origin of capitulation

  • From Middle French capitulation.

    From Wiktionary

Capitulation Sentence Examples

  • The battle preceding a capitulation lasted from July until December.

  • For twelve months the population held out, repulsing the attacks of the enemy, refusing every offer of honourable capitulation.

  • Jackson thereupon swiftly rejoined Lee, leaving only a division to carry out the capitulation.

  • Amr recrossed the river and joined it, but presently was confronted by a Roman army, which he defeated at the battle of Heliopolis (July 640); this victory was followed by the siege of Babylon, which after some futile attempts at negotiation was taken partly by storm and partly by capitulation.

  • His "plan" for defending the city raised expectations doomed to disappointment; the successive sorties made under pressure of public opinion were unsuccessful, and having declared in one of his proclamations that the governor of Paris would never capitulate, when capitulation became inevitable he resigned the governorship of Paris on the 2 2nd of January 1871 to General Vinoy, retaining the presidency of the government until after the armistice in February.

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