as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
her sudden capitulation surprised everyone; she usually debated for hours
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Recent Examples of capitulation
Within the news organization, there was anger over what is widely seen as a capitulation to Trump in order to clear a path for Paramount’s $8-billion merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media.
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Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
This belief system views pluralism as weakness, compromise as betrayal, and coexistence as capitulation.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 8 July 2025
The Dodgers were studiously vague in last week’s capitulation, er, announcement of $1 million in good will payments.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The American attack could indeed lead to Iranian capitulation on terms friendly to Israel and the United States.
—Ilan Goldenberg, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2025
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Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
This belief system views pluralism as weakness, compromise as betrayal, and coexistence as capitulation.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 8 July 2025
The Dodgers were studiously vague in last week’s capitulation, er, announcement of $1 million in good will payments.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The American attack could indeed lead to Iranian capitulation on terms friendly to Israel and the United States.
—Ilan Goldenberg, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitulation
Noun
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As for Kramer, the defense accounting agency said Kramer was a member of the 19th Air Base Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in 1942 and got caught up in intense fighting until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
15 July 2025
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Deputies attempted for hours to negotiate a peaceful surrender, which did not work.—
Theresa Clift
July 12,
Sacbee.com,
12 July 2025
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Instead of offering a comment, Brigitte is resorting to trying to bully a reporter into submission.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
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“Capitulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulation. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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