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
This is in line with Putin’s call for the talks to pick up where the meeting in 2022 stopped – an option that would be unpalatable to the Ukrainians since the demands Russia was making back then would amount to a capitulation by Kyiv.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
For investors, the message is clear: pay attention to break even prices, watch for signs of capitulation in high-cost basins, and look for companies that can survive—and even thrive—at $60 oil or less.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Years of war propaganda and steady, if slow, battlefield gains, have convinced many Russians that their country is fighting an existential conflict against the West, which will not end until Ukrainian capitulation.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Ukraine rejects these terms as tantamount to capitulation, and is seeking guarantees of its future security from world powers, especially the United States.
—USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
For investors, the message is clear: pay attention to break even prices, watch for signs of capitulation in high-cost basins, and look for companies that can survive—and even thrive—at $60 oil or less.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Years of war propaganda and steady, if slow, battlefield gains, have convinced many Russians that their country is fighting an existential conflict against the West, which will not end until Ukrainian capitulation.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Ukraine rejects these terms as tantamount to capitulation, and is seeking guarantees of its future security from world powers, especially the United States.
—USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitulation
Noun
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This card often arrives when a cycle of surrender is necessary.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
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The earliest mechanisms for anonymous infant surrender debuted thousands of years ago in Europe.—
Time,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Finally, applications submitted through national job boards typically are never reviewed by a human out of necessity, because there are so many low-quality and/or AI-powered job application bot submissions on those boards.—
Rebecca Fraser-Thill,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Tuition is $525 for applications submitted by June 30 and $575 for submissions past that date.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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“Capitulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulation. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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