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capitulation
[ kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of capitulating.
- the document containing the terms of a surrender.
- a list of the headings or main divisions of a subject; a summary or enumeration.
- Often capitulations. a treaty or agreement by which subjects of one country residing or traveling in another are extended extraterritorial rights or special privileges, especially such a treaty between a European country and the former Ottoman rulers of Turkey.
capitulation
/ °ìəˌ±èɪ³ÙÂáʊˈ±ô±ðɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- the act of capitulating
- a document containing terms of surrender
- a statement summarizing the main divisions of a subject
Derived Forms
- ³¦²¹Ëˆ±è¾±³Ù³Ü±ô²¹³Ù´Ç°ù²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦²¹Â·±è¾±³Ù·³Ü·±ô²¹Â·³Ù´Ç·°ù²â [k, uh, -, pich, -, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôc²¹Â·±è¾±³Ùu·±ô²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of capitulation1
Example Sentences
Columbia University, through a thoroughly pusillanimous capitulation to a multimillion-dollar threat from the Trump administration, has put that conviction in the grave.
Chuck Schumer’s capitulation to the GOP’s poison-pilled budget despite the Democrats’ filibuster-proof minority in the Senate shows that working-class Americans will have to look beyond the Democratic Party to protect themselves from Trump and Musk.
"Columbia's capitulation endangers academic freedom and campus expression nationwide," Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said, per The Associated Press.
"Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation," he wrote.
Such conditions are widely viewed as a way of securing Ukraine's capitulation.
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