Synonyms for capitulation
kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃənca·pit·u·la·tion

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1. capitulation

   Synonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, desertion, flight, surrender

   Antonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

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1. capitulationnoun

   a document containing the terms of surrender

   Synonyms:
   surrender, fall

2. capitulationnoun

   a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic

   Synonyms:
   surrender, fall

3. capitulation, fall, surrendernoun

   the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

   "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

   Synonyms:
   gloaming, giving up, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloam, downfall, crepuscle, descent, yielding, decline, declination, downslope, declivity, dip, fall, resignation, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilight

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1. capitulationnoun

   Synonyms:
   surrender (by treaty)

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1. List of paraphrases for "capitulation":

   surrender, sell-out, abdication

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1. Donald Tusk:

   This so-called cease-fire. This is not what we expected. In fact it is not a cease-fire, it is a demand of capitulation of the Kurds, we have to reiterate our call for Turkey to put a permanent end to its military action immediately and to withdraw its forces and respect international humanitarian law.

2. State John Kerry:

   Let me underscore the alternative to the deal we have reached is not -- as I've seen some ads on TV suggesting disingenuously -- it isn't a 'better deal', some sort of unicorn arrangement involving Iran's complete capitulation, that is a fantasy plain and simple, that our own intelligence community will tell you that.

3. Owen Callan:

   We had a real capitulation in markets this morning and there was no obvious catalyst, we then had some bargain hunters coming in later in the day, but the moves have been driven by more speculative hedge funds.

4. Irwin Michael:

   Yesterday there appeared a fair amount of capitulation. It appeared to be more retail-oriented than institutional from what we could see in terms of the volumes.

5. John Stephenson:

   Now's a time to hold firm, i think it's getting close to the time to double down, if you will, on better bets, but I'd like to see truthfully more of a capitulation out there.