CAPITULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capitulation mean? 

• CAPITULATION (noun)
  The noun CAPITULATION has 3 senses:

1. a document containing the terms of surrender

2. a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic

3. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

  Familiarity information: CAPITULATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document containing the terms of surrender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("capitulation" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("capitulation" is a kind of...):

sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitulation"):

recap; recapitulation; review (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

capitulation; fall; surrender

Context example:

they were protected until the capitulation of the fort

Hypernyms ("capitulation" is a kind of...):

loss (the act of losing someone or something)

Derivation:

capitulate (surrender under agreed conditions)