capitulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ca*pit`u*la"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913