as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
her sudden capitulation surprised everyone; she usually debated for hours
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Recent Examples of capitulation
The talks between Russia, Ukraine and third countries have struggled to make progress after Moscow refused to back off its maximalist demands and presented a ceasefire proposal that would essentially amount to Ukraine’s capitulation.
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Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Those emotions echoed throughout a complete capitulation in the Leafs’ seventh straight Game 7 loss, and possibly long afterwards.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Instead of fighting like fellow Ivy League member Harvard University, Columbia agreed to many of the demands from the Trump administration, such as changing its disciplinary policies, but the capitulation only led to more funding being pulled.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 8 June 2025
Ukraine has criticized Russia’s participation in two rounds of direct talks, most recently on Monday, as putting forward terms for ending the war amounting to Ukraine’s capitulation and surrender.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 4 June 2025
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Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Those emotions echoed throughout a complete capitulation in the Leafs’ seventh straight Game 7 loss, and possibly long afterwards.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Instead of fighting like fellow Ivy League member Harvard University, Columbia agreed to many of the demands from the Trump administration, such as changing its disciplinary policies, but the capitulation only led to more funding being pulled.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 8 June 2025
Ukraine has criticized Russia’s participation in two rounds of direct talks, most recently on Monday, as putting forward terms for ending the war amounting to Ukraine’s capitulation and surrender.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitulation
Noun
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As for Kramer, the defense accounting agency said Kramer was a member of the 19th Air Base Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in 1942 and got caught up in intense fighting until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
15 July 2025
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Deputies attempted for hours to negotiate a peaceful surrender, which did not work.—
Theresa Clift
July 12,
Sacbee.com,
12 July 2025
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Instead of offering a comment, Brigitte is resorting to trying to bully a reporter into submission.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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“Capitulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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