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
That 28-point plan was rejected by critics as constituting a Ukrainian capitulation.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2025
Impact on the peace process The implications of this institutional capitulation to settlers’ interests extend far beyond the West Bank itself.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
For Europeans, the latest peace proposal is an unconscionable capitulation to Vladimir Putin, rewarding him for invading a neighboring country.
—Luke McGee, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
The psychological pressure is designed to force Taiwan’s capitulation without the need for military action, a strategy that appears to be paying off.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 Dec. 2025
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The last time the Hoosiers were this close to a football championship, people crowded Miami's Flagler Street to celebrate the Japanese surrender in World War II.—
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Far better, Beijing’s thinking goes, to scare Taiwan into surrender with drills and other displays of violence.—
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This burger beat out 600,000 fan submissions to get a spot on national menus, according to a press release.—
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The number of nominees will be proportional to the number of submissions in each genre with at least one nomination for each genre.—
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“Capitulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulation. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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