capitulation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French capitulation.
Pronunciation edit
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
capitulation (countable and uncountable, plural capitulations)
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
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Translations edit
surrender to an enemy
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French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin capitulātiōnem. By surface analysis, capituler + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
capitulation f (plural capitulations)
- (archaic) treaty, convention; especially a treaty regarding the rights of nationals of one party with respect to the government of the other party
- 1841, book title
- Capitulations et traités entre la France et la Porte Ottomane
- Treaties and capitulations between France and the Ottoman Porte
- 1849, François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe[1]:
- Il y a use belle capitulation entre Henri IV et Saint-Malo
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- 1841, book title
- surrender, capitulation (act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms)
- Near-synonym: reddition
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Descendants edit
- → Ottoman Turkish: قاپیتولاسیون
- Turkish: kapitülasyon
Further reading edit
- “capitulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.