Meanings
plural unconditional surrenders
- countableuncountableA surrender without conditions (beyond those imposed by the basic laws of war).
So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, via YouTube, National Archives Identifier: 595162
Translations
Arabic استسلام غير مشروط
- استسلام غير مشروطsurrender without conditions
Bulgarian безусловна капитулация
- безусловна капитулация (bezuslovna kapitulacija)surrender without conditions
Chinese Mandarin 無條件投降 /无条件投降
- 無條件投降 /无条件投降 (wútiáojiàn tóuxiáng)surrender without conditions
Czech bezpodmínečná kapitulace
- bezpodmínečná kapitulacesurrender without conditions
Dutch onvoorwaardelijke overgave
- onvoorwaardelijke overgavesurrender without conditions
Finnish ehdoton antautuminen
- ehdoton antautuminensurrender without conditions
German bedingungslose Kapitulation
- bedingungslose Kapitulationsurrender without conditions
Indonesian penyerahan tanpa syarat
- penyerahan tanpa syaratsurrender without conditions
Irish géilleadh gan choinníoll, géilleadh gan chomhla
- géilleadh gan choinníollsurrender without conditions
- géilleadh gan chomhlasurrender without conditions
- géilleadh gan chuntarsurrender without conditions
Italian resa incondizionata
- resa incondizionatasurrender without conditions
Japanese 無条件降伏
- 無条件降伏 (mujōkenkōfuku)surrender without conditions
Korean 무조건 항복
- 무조건 항복 (mujogeon hangbok)surrender without conditions
Malay penyerahan kalah tanpa syarat
- penyerahan kalah tanpa syaratsurrender without conditions
Persian تسلیم بی قید و شرط
- تسلیم بی قید و شرطsurrender without conditions
Portuguese rendição incondicional
- rendição incondicionalsurrender without conditions
Romanian capitulare necondiționată
- capitulare necondiționatăsurrender without conditions
Russian безоговорочная капитуля́ция
- безоговорочная капитуля́ция (bezogovoročnaja kapituljácija)surrender without conditions
Spanish rendición incondicional
- rendición incondicionalsurrender without conditions
Vietnamese đầu hàng không điều kiện
- đầu hàng không điều kiệnsurrender without conditions
Cite this entry
unconditional surrender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconditional%20surrender
“unconditional surrender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconditional%20surrender. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconditional surrender,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconditional%20surrender.
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