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ca·pit·u·la·tion    Audio Help   [kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of capitulating.
2.the document containing the terms of a surrender.
3.a list of the headings or main divisions of a subject; a summary or enumeration.
4.Often, capitulations. a treaty or agreement by which subjects of one country residing or traveling in another are extended extraterritorial rights or special privileges, esp. such a treaty between a European country and the former Ottoman rulers of Turkey.
[Origin: 1525–35; < ML capitulātiōn- (s. of capitulātiō). See capitulate, -ion]

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ca·pit·u·la·tion    Audio Help   (kə-pĭch'ə-lā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of surrendering or giving up. See Synonyms at surrender.
  2. A document containing the terms of surrender.
  3. An enumeration of the main parts of a subject; a summary.

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capitulation 
1535, "an agreement," from M.Fr. capitulation, from capituler "agree on specified terms," from M.L. capitulare "to draw up in heads or chapters, arrange conditions," from capitulum "chapter," from L. "heading," dim. of caput (gen. capitis) "head" (see head). Meaning narrowed by 1650 to "make terms of surrender."

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capitulation

noun
1. a document containing the terms of surrender 
2. a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic 
3. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" 

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Capitulation

Ca*pit`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.]

1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. --Bp. Burnet.

2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.

3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
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