capitulate

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
2. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).

Adj

1. (obsolete) Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
2. (obsolete) Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.
3. Having or forming a capitulum.

Noun

Alternative form of capitoulate

Opposite of

bite the dust, capitulate, eat someone's dust, forfeit, give up, lose, strike one's flag, surrender, relinquish, wave the white flag, yield

Synonyms

surrender

give in

yield

submit

give up

resign

fall

whine

succumb

throw in the towel

quit

concede

deliver

demise

desist

dispose

extradite

forego

forgo

fork out

fork over

give

give way

grant

obey

present

relent

relinquish

render

say die

to

fork up

make a concession

vacate

bow to

deed over

resign oneself to

sign over

submit to

yield up

be submissive

stop

🛑

surrender one's weapons

abandon

abnegate

accede

alien

👽

alienate

allow

assign

Translations

kapitulieren

capituler

capitular

arrendersi

capitolare

aufgeben

capituleren

rendirse

ergeben

teslim olmak

abandonner

zich overgeven

retre les armes

renoncer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulātus perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin capitulō (“(originally; of a book, text) to draw up under distinct headings; (from the 15ᵗʰ c.) to bargain, parley, convene”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Sentences

Anna threatens to file for divorce if Roberto does not capitulate .