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

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1. capitulation

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

   Synonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, desertion, flight, surrender

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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

How to use capitulation in a sentence?

1. Rob Pemberton:

   There are signs of capitulation in commodities and emerging markets, though these remain an investment only for (those) with a high risk/reward tolerance.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Since December, the outcome has been baked into the cake, capitulation was the endpoint.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   But even worse is the final capitulation, which was a giving in to a lifting of the embargo on ballistic missiles and conventional arms. I think even skeptics of the deal have been shocked by the degree of the capitulation.

4. Chris Jarvis:

   With the worst of the bad news priced in following last weeks capitulation trade, a very shorted oil market has traders running for cover, we continue to believe the pressures that have created this downdraft for oil prices are beginning to deflate and subside. Aggressive short traders are now paying the price.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   We gave in on the idea of them having to dismantle their enrichment, but even worse is the final capitulation, which was a giving in to a lifting of the embargo on ballistic missiles and conventional arms. I think even skeptics of the deal have been shocked by the degree of the capitulation.

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