capitulation
Example Sentences
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If memory serves, a 50% score in elementary school earns an F. Celebrating results that are slightly better than awful is a capitulation to the bigotry of low expectations Mr. Emanuel decries.
Al-Zubaidi had good reason to fear he would be imprisoned or at least coerced into capitulation.
From Los Angeles Times
Before that, capitulation was evident in April and June when the stock registered the heaviest monthly volume on record.
From Barron's
England's capitulation over three Tests is a far cry from the pre-Ashes hype where they were touted as having their best chance in a generation to win a series in Australia.
From Barron's
“We want peace. But not a peace that is in reality a capitulation,” French President Emmanuel Macron said last month.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
