1. The act of surrendering or giving in.
2. Int’l law. An agreement to surrender a fortified place or a military or naval force. • A commander in control may generally make such an agreement for the place or force. [Cases: War and National Emergency
9. C.J.S. War and National Defense § 4.]
3. Hist. An agreement between a Christian state and a non-Christian one (such as the Ottoman Empire) giving subjects of the former certain privileges in the territory of the latter. — capitulate, vb. — capitulatory, adj.