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Capitulation vs Surrender - What's the difference?

capitulation | surrender |

Surrender is a synonym of capitulation.



As nouns the difference between capitulation and surrender

is that capitulation is a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement while surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

As a verb surrender is

to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.

capitulation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
  • The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
  • The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
  • An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
  • surrender

    English

    Alternative forms

    * surrendre (archaic)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
  • (intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
  • I surrender !
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
  • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
  • (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
  • ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l) * wave the white flag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
  • The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
  • (legal, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
  • Synonyms

    * capitulation