Meanings
plural capitulations
- countableuncountableA reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- countableuncountableThe act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
This humiliating capitulation of the young republic to the Germans was forced through by Lenin despite the infuriated opposition of his own party and nearly the whole of Russia.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 479 - countableuncountableThe instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- countableuncountableAn enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*káput“head”
- Middle Frenchcapitulation
- Englishcapitulation
From Middle French capitulation; equivalent to capitulate + -ion. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
More words from Middle French, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِسْتِسْلَام
- اِسْتِسْلَام (istislām)surrender to an enemy
Bulgarian капитула́ция
- капитула́ция (kapitulácija)surrender to an enemy
Chinese Cantonese 投降
- 投降 (tau⁴ hong⁴)surrender to an enemy
Chinese Mandarin 投降
- 投降 (tóuxiáng)surrender to an enemy
Czech kapitulace
- kapitulacesurrender to an enemy
Danish kapitulation
- kapitulationsurrender to an enemy
Dutch capitulatie
- capitulatiesurrender to an enemy
Esperanto kapitulaco
- kapitulacosurrender to an enemy
Estonian kapitulatsioon
- kapitulatsioonsurrender to an enemy
Finnish antautuminen
- antautuminensurrender to an enemy
French capitulation
- capitulationsurrender to an enemy
German Kapitulation
- Kapitulationsurrender to an enemy
Greek συνθηκολόγηση
- συνθηκολόγηση (synthikológisi)surrender to an enemy
Hebrew כְּנִיעָה
- כְּנִיעָה (kniyá)surrender to an enemy
Hindi आत्मसमर्पण
- आत्मसमर्पण (ātmasmarpaṇ)surrender to an enemy
Hungarian kapituláció
- kapitulációsurrender to an enemy
Indonesian kapitulasi, penyerahan
- kapitulasisurrender to an enemy
- penyerahansurrender to an enemy
Italian capitolazione
- capitolazionesurrender to an enemy
Japanese 降伏, 降服
- 降伏 (kōfuku)surrender to an enemy
- 降服 (kōfuku)surrender to an enemy
- 投降 (tōkō)surrender to an enemy
Korean 항복, 투항
- 항복 (hangbok)surrender to an enemy
- 투항 (tuhang)surrender to an enemy
Latin dēditiō
- dēditiōsurrender to an enemy
Latvian kapitulācija
- kapitulācijasurrender to an enemy
Lithuanian kapituliacija
- kapituliacijasurrender to an enemy
Malay penyerahan
- penyerahansurrender to an enemy
Māori haurarotanga, ngawheretanga
- haurarotangasurrender to an enemy
- ngawheretangasurrender to an enemy
Norwegian Bokmål kapitulasjon
- kapitulasjonsurrender to an enemy
Persian کاپیتولاسیون, تسلیم
- کاپیتولاسیون (kâpitulâsyon)surrender to an enemy
- تسلیم (taslim)surrender to an enemy
Polish kapitulacja
- kapitulacjasurrender to an enemy
Portuguese capitulação
- capitulaçãosurrender to an enemy
Romanian capitulare
- capitularesurrender to an enemy
Russian капитуля́ция
- капитуля́ция (kapituljácija)surrender to an enemy
Slovak kapitulácia
- kapituláciasurrender to an enemy
Spanish capitulación
- capitulaciónsurrender to an enemy
Swedish kapitulation
- kapitulationsurrender to an enemy
Ukrainian капітуля́ція
- капітуля́ція (kapituljácija)surrender to an enemy
Vietnamese sự đầu hàng
- sự đầu hàngsurrender to an enemy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with capitulation
Cite this entry
capitulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capitulation
“capitulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capitulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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