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capitulatory

capitulatory adjective: serving to capitulate or surrender.

Adjective

capitulatory (comparative more capitulatory, superlative most capitulatory)

  1. Serving to capitulate or surrender.
    • Both the connection between the two bills and the capitulatory nature of the first were publicly and strongly denounced by Khomeini, who saw them as signs of bondage to the United States.2006, Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, page 148

Forms of capitulatory

comparativemore capitulatory
superlativemost capitulatory

Origin of capitulatory

From capitulate + -ory.

Questions about capitulatory

What does capitulatory mean?
Capitulatory means serving to capitulate or surrender.
What part of speech is capitulatory?
Capitulatory is an adjective.

Words near capitulatory in the dictionary

  1. capitulationist
  2. capitulationists
  3. capitulations
  4. capitulator
  5. capitulators
  6. capitulatory
  7. capitule
  8. capitules
  9. capitulescence
  10. capitulescences
  11. capituliform

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