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
In terms of capitulation and string pulling, Harris may have been speaking on something that has come close to home for the former VP in recent days.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Lifting sanctions designed to punish Moscow – which are currently causing real economic pain there – without even a short-term ceasefire commitment from the Kremlin in return, risks looking like yet another capitulation to Putin.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Many criticized his decision as a capitulation to Donald Trump, though Bezos denied those claims.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Still, Oppenheimer’s Ari Wald thinks the stock market is getting pretty close to a capitulation.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Lifting sanctions designed to punish Moscow – which are currently causing real economic pain there – without even a short-term ceasefire commitment from the Kremlin in return, risks looking like yet another capitulation to Putin.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Many criticized his decision as a capitulation to Donald Trump, though Bezos denied those claims.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Still, Oppenheimer’s Ari Wald thinks the stock market is getting pretty close to a capitulation.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Capitulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulation. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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