Hypertext Webster Gateway: "capitulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capitulation \Ca*pit`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL.
capitulatio.]
1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor
the French shall refortify. --Bp. Burnet.
2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon
stipulated terms.
3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or
surrender.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
capitulation
n : the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they
were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn:
{fall}, {surrender}]
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