capitulation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

capitulation (countable and uncountable, plural capitulations)

  1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
  2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
    • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 479, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish):
      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.
  3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
  4. An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin capitulātiōnem. By surface analysis, capituler +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

capitulation f (plural capitulations)

  1. (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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. surrender, capitulation (act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms)
    Near-synonym: reddition

Descendants

  • → German: Kapitulation
  • → Persian: کاپیتولاسیون (kâpitulâsyon)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قاپیتولاسیون (kapitülasyon)

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