capitulation

capitulation (k[schwa]-pich-[schwa]-lay-sh[schwa]n), n.

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.

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