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capitulation

kәpitju'leiʃәn4 senses · 165 ms
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noun
  1. 1

    A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.countableuncountable

    • 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.
  3. 3

    The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.countableuncountable

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