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Definition of capitulation in English: capitulationnoun kəpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nkəˌpɪtʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)n mass noun1The action of ceasing to resist an opponent or demand. she gave a sigh of capitulation count noun a capitulation to wage demands Example sentencesExamples - Finally, Stalin promised Soviet entry into the war with Japan around three months after German capitulation.
- Should we be surprised by the extent of England's capitulation?
- But there was also boundless sympathy for Norman, whose extraordinary capitulation lived with him long after.
- They nearly enveloped it, which would have led to immediate capitulation of the English at Quebec.
- What it says seems rather to indicate a more general capitulation among many so-called left of centre bloggers and journalists.
- What is called for in this matter is neither war nor capitulation.
- Historically, such a profoundly submissive capitulation, as took place in the Soviet case, was a rarity.
- The capitulation of the left on economic growth parallels its defeat and marginalisation in political struggles.
- The tenor of the campaign revealed a determination to achieve capitulation, not compromise.
- It's the way to confound those who cynically try to use ‘inactivity by the members’ as an excuse for capitulation.
- We are dealing with an absolutist culture that demands total capitulation or nothing.
- Both assumptions have always been dubious, and are even more so after last week's capitulation.
- All around the world, Britain's defeat or capitulation was expected within weeks.
- Let's not assume that calls for other than military solutions are capitulation to terrorism.
- In the military sense capitulation provides a means to end conflict, either at local or a wider level.
- There are some signs of at least partial capitulation to the merchants by the clearance provider.
- The Americans have stopped pretending, and now demand outright capitulation to its hegemony.
- There is no compromise with such an enemy, no capitulation to him, no way to avoid casualties, no easy way out.
- Simply put, some investors believe that true capitulation is the sign of a bottom.
- Fighting ceased on October 2 with the formal capitulation of the Home Army forces.
Synonyms surrender, submission, yielding, giving in, succumbing, acquiescence, laying down of arms fall, defeat - 1.1capitulationshistorical An agreement or set of conditions.
Example sentencesExamples - Capitulations were abolished in Turkey in 1923 and in Egypt in 1937.
- If these capitulations contain conditions which curtail the jurisdiction or the prerogatives of the bishop, the privileges of the diocese, or the like, then they do not bind the candidate-elect.
Definition of capitulation in US English: capitulationnounkəˌpiCHəˈlāSH(ə)nkəˌpɪtʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)n 1The action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand. a capitulation to wage demands the victor sees it as a sign of capitulation Example sentencesExamples - We are dealing with an absolutist culture that demands total capitulation or nothing.
- Historically, such a profoundly submissive capitulation, as took place in the Soviet case, was a rarity.
- It's the way to confound those who cynically try to use ‘inactivity by the members’ as an excuse for capitulation.
- Simply put, some investors believe that true capitulation is the sign of a bottom.
- There is no compromise with such an enemy, no capitulation to him, no way to avoid casualties, no easy way out.
- What is called for in this matter is neither war nor capitulation.
- In the military sense capitulation provides a means to end conflict, either at local or a wider level.
- They nearly enveloped it, which would have led to immediate capitulation of the English at Quebec.
- Fighting ceased on October 2 with the formal capitulation of the Home Army forces.
- Both assumptions have always been dubious, and are even more so after last week's capitulation.
- But there was also boundless sympathy for Norman, whose extraordinary capitulation lived with him long after.
- Let's not assume that calls for other than military solutions are capitulation to terrorism.
- The tenor of the campaign revealed a determination to achieve capitulation, not compromise.
- There are some signs of at least partial capitulation to the merchants by the clearance provider.
- What it says seems rather to indicate a more general capitulation among many so-called left of centre bloggers and journalists.
- The capitulation of the left on economic growth parallels its defeat and marginalisation in political struggles.
- All around the world, Britain's defeat or capitulation was expected within weeks.
- Should we be surprised by the extent of England's capitulation?
- Finally, Stalin promised Soviet entry into the war with Japan around three months after German capitulation.
- The Americans have stopped pretending, and now demand outright capitulation to its hegemony.
Synonyms surrender, submission, yielding, giving in, succumbing, acquiescence, laying down of arms - 1.1capitulationshistorical An agreement or set of conditions.
Example sentencesExamples - If these capitulations contain conditions which curtail the jurisdiction or the prerogatives of the bishop, the privileges of the diocese, or the like, then they do not bind the candidate-elect.
- Capitulations were abolished in Turkey in 1923 and in Egypt in 1937.
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