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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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Tina Byles Williams:

   We're seeing the final capitulation.

3. Lena Komileva:

   It's a little more complicated than it used to be. The shape of the yield curve today is very much a function of global central bank activity – negative rates and quantitative easing. This changes the mechanics of the yield curve with respect to pure growth and inflation signals, but it does suggest a capitulation in investor confidence in the ability of central banks to reflate global growth or prevent another downturn. And that's not a good confidence signal.

4. State John Kerry:

   Let me underscore the alternative to the deal we have reached is not -- as I've seen some ads on TV suggesting disingenuously -- it isn't a 'better deal', some sort of unicorn arrangement involving Iran's complete capitulation, that is a fantasy plain and simple, that our own intelligence community will tell you that.

5. Rachel Johnson:

   My brother is using words like' surrender' and' capitulation' as if the people standing in the way of the blessed will of the people, as defined by the 17.4 million votes in 2016, should be hung, drawn, quartered, tarred, and feathered, i think that is highly reprehensible.

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