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capitulation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Capitulation \Ca*pit`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL capitulatio.] 1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. --Bp. Burnet. 2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms. 3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: capitulation n : the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: {fall}, {surrender}]
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