capitulation
capitulation noun: a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
Noun
capitulation (countable and uncountable, plural capitulations)
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- This humiliating capitulation of the young republic to the Germans was forced through by Lenin despite the infuriated opposition of his own party and nearly the whole of Russia.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
capitulation meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Pashto
capitulation in Hindi
- surrender to an enemy
- आत्मसमर्पण ātmasmarpaṇ
capitulation in Bengali
- বিভিন্ন অনুচ্ছেদ, শিরোনামে বিন্যস্তকরণ, একটি আনুষ্ঠানিক চুক্তি
capitulation in Malayalam
- ശത്രുവിനു കീഴടങ്ങൽ, കീഴ്പ്പെടൽ, അടിയറവ്
capitulation in Pashto
- surrender to an enemy
- تسلیم taslim
More languagesFewer languages
- capitulation in Arabic
- اِسْتِسْلَام istislām
- capitulation in Malay
- penyerahan
- capitulation in Indonesian
- kapitulasi, penyerahan
- capitulation in Persian
- کاپیتولاسیون kâpitulâsyon, تسلیم taslim
- capitulation in Vietnamese
- sự đầu hàng
Forms of capitulation
| plural | capitulations |
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Origin of capitulation
From Middle French capitulation; equivalent to capitulate + -ion. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
Words formed from capitulation
Words that rhyme with capitulation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about capitulation
- What does capitulation mean?
- Capitulation means a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- What is capitulation in Hindi?
- Capitulation in Hindi is आत्मसमर्पण (ātmasmarpaṇ). See Capitulation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is capitulation?
- Capitulation is a noun.
- What is the plural of capitulation?
- The plural of capitulation is capitulations.
Words near capitulation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: capitulation (page history and authors); capitulation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitulation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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