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Obedience vs Capitulation - What's the difference?

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Obedience is a related term of capitulation.


As nouns the difference between obedience and capitulation

is that obedience is persuasion; allegiance while capitulation is a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

obedience

Alternative forms

* , (l) (qualifier)

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being obedient.
  • Obedience is essential in any army.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
  • Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...

    Synonyms

    * submission

    Antonyms

    * disobedience, defiance, rebellion (ignoring ) * violation (ignoring, especially rules ) * control, dominance (ruling )

    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.