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capitulate

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1. capitulate - Noun

2. capitulate - Verb

Meaning

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.

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Amazon initially refused to capitulate to politicians’ requests that it pledge to remain neutral in the event that workers moved towards unionizing or chose to participate in union endeavors. Source: Internet

Congress also passed the Force Bill which authorized President Andrew Jackson to use military force if Adams' compromise bill did not force the belligerent states to capitulate. Source: Internet

Johnson won’t want to be seen to capitulate on the level playing field, because it wouldn’t tally with a newly sovereign Britain free to go where it likes on global trade — instead, the U.K. would be a “rule-taker” from Brussels. Source: Internet

Mann, pg. 275 Although Benedict tried to bolster morale by encouraging the defenders from the walls of the city, as well as threatening to excommunicate the emperor and his army, the Romans soon decided to capitulate. Source: Internet

Maybe some with a modicum of decency may capitulate under pressure and resign, but it will not be the call from either of the two parties that would make them do it. Source: Internet

Justinian the Great suppressed a revolt in Constantinople by seeming to capitulate, and then sending in Belisarius with reliable mercenaries to butcher the celebrating faction in the Hippodrome together with their leaders. Source: Internet

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