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submission
submission
noun
Definition of SUBMISSION
1
a bending to the authority or control of another <not given to unquestioning submission, he often came in conflict with his superiors>
Related Words abidance, agreeability, amenability, teachableness, tractability, tractableness, trainability; acquiescence, capitulation, obeisance, obsequiousness, submissiveness, surrender, yielding; deference, docility, dutifulness, humility, meekness, modesty, servility, slavishness, subordinateness, subservience, subserviency; inhibition, repression, restraint, suppression; control, discipline, dutifulness, order
Near Antonyms noncooperation, recusancy; disrespect, impudence, insolence, rudeness; insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt; hardheadedness, mulishness, mutinousness, obstinacy, obstinateness, perversity, pigheadedness, stubbornness; misbehavior, mischievousness, naughtiness; dissent, dissidence
2
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another <the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors>
Synonyms capitulating, capitulation, cession, handover, relinquishment, rendition, submission, submitting
Related Words acceptance, acquiescence, concession; compromise; appeasement, conciliation, reconcilement, reconciliation; capture, fall
Near Antonyms resistance
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