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capitulatory

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ca⋅pit⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn]
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–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

Related forms:
ca⋅pit⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [kuh-pich-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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ca·pit·u·late   (kə-pĭch'ə-lāt')   
intr.v.   ca·pit·u·lat·ed, ca·pit·u·lat·ing, ca·pit·u·lates

  1. To surrender under specified conditions; come to terms.

  2. To give up all resistance; acquiesce. See Synonyms at yield.


[Medieval Latin capitulāre, capitulāt-, to draw up in chapters, from capitulum, chapter; see chapter.]
ca·pit'u·lant n., ca·pit'u·la'tor n., ca·pit'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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