Hypertext Webster Gateway: "submission"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Submission \Sub*mis"sion\, n. [L. submissio a letting down,
lowering: cf. F. soumission.]
1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or
authority; surrender of the person and power to the
control or government of another; obedience; compliance.

Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We
English warrious wot not what it means. --Shak.

2. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of
inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior;
meekness; resignation.

In all submission and humility York doth present
himself unto your highness. --Shak.

No duty in religion is more justly required by God .
. . than a perfect submission to his will in all
things. --Sir W.
Temple.

3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.

Be not as extreme in submission As in offense.
--Shak.

4. (Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any
matter of controversy between them to the decision of
arbitrators. --Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

submission
n 1: a message submitted for the judgment of others (as in a
competition); "several of his submissions were rejected
by publishers" [syn: {entry}]
2: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
[syn: {compliance}]


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