Dictionary

capitulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle French capitulation; equivalent to capitulate + -ion. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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 Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 479:
3. (countable, uncountable) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
4. (countable, uncountable) An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.

Forms

Deriveds

noncapitulation · capitulationist · re-capitulation · recapitulation · capitulationism

Relateds

capitalism · chapter · chapiter · captain · capital · capitulate

Translations (70)

cs kapitulace (surrender to an enemy) · mi ngawheretanga (surrender to an enemy) · kk капитуляция (surrender to an enemy) · nan-hbl 投降 (surrender to an enemy) · es capitulación (surrender to an enemy) · et kapitulatsioon (surrender to an enemy) · ps تسلیم (surrender to an enemy) · ro capitulare (surrender to an enemy) · lt kapituliacija (surrender to an enemy) · be капітуля́цыя (surrender to an enemy) · hu kapituláció (surrender to an enemy) · bg капитула́ция (surrender to an enemy) · ko 항복 (surrender to an enemy) · uz kapitulyatsiya (surrender to an enemy) · id penyerahan (surrender to an enemy) · mn дагаар оролт (surrender to an enemy) · sl kapitulacija (surrender to an enemy) · fr capitulation (surrender to an enemy) · fa تسلیم (surrender to an enemy) · br kodianidigezh (surrender to an enemy) · hi आत्मसमर्पण (surrender to an enemy) · sh капитула́ција (surrender to an enemy) · ka კაპიტულაცია (surrender to an enemy) · kmr teslîmbûn (surrender to an enemy) · uk капітуля́ція (surrender to an enemy) · de Kapitulation (surrender to an enemy) · az kapitulasiya (surrender to an enemy) · id kapitulasi (surrender to an enemy) · ky капитуляция (surrender to an enemy) · ja 降服 (surrender to an enemy) · az təslim (surrender to an enemy) · tk kapitulýasiýa (surrender to an enemy) · mi haurarotanga (surrender to an enemy) · sv kapitulation (surrender to an enemy) · ar اِسْتِسْلَام (surrender to an enemy) · xh ukuncama (surrender to an enemy) · el συνθηκολόγηση (surrender to an enemy) · cmn 投降 (surrender to an enemy) · sq kapitullim (surrender to an enemy) · eo kapitulaco (surrender to an enemy) · hy կապիտուլյացիա (surrender to an enemy) · da kapitulation (surrender to an enemy) · ms penyerahan (surrender to an enemy) · uz taslim (surrender to an enemy) · vi sự đầu hàng (surrender to an enemy) · fi antautuminen (surrender to an enemy) · ko 투항 (surrender to an enemy) · tg таслимшави (surrender to an enemy) · ru капитуля́ция (surrender to an enemy) · pl kapitulacja (surrender to an enemy) · ja 降伏 (surrender to an enemy) · ang handgang (surrender to an enemy) · nb kapitulasjon (surrender to an enemy) · mn капитуляци (surrender to an enemy) · hy անձնատվություն (surrender to an enemy) · nl capitulatie (surrender to an enemy) · yue 投降 (surrender to an enemy) · sh kapitulácija (surrender to an enemy) · fa کاپیتولاسیون (surrender to an enemy) · ug تەسلىم (surrender to an enemy) · ja 投降 (surrender to an enemy) · tg таслим (surrender to an enemy) · la dēditiō (surrender to an enemy) · sk kapitulácia (surrender to an enemy) · rue капітула́ція (surrender to an enemy) · it capitolazione (surrender to an enemy) · pt capitulação (surrender to an enemy) · he כְּנִיעָה (surrender to an enemy) · mk капитулација (surrender to an enemy) · lv kapitulācija (surrender to an enemy)