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   submission

   /səbˈmɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person: "they were forced into submission" Similar yieldingcapitulationagreementacceptanceconsentaccessioncomplianceOpposite defiance
   • ▪ an act of surrendering to a hold by one's opponent. Similar surrenderyieldingcapitulationresignationsuccumbingdefeatfalllaying down one's armsgiving inhumbling oneselfknuckling under
   • ▪ humility; meekness: archaic "servile flattery and submission" Similar compliancesubmissivenessyieldingmalleabilityacquiescencetractabilitytractablenessmanageabilityunassertivenessnon-resistancepassivityobediencebiddabilitydutifulnessduteousnessdocilitymeeknesstamenesspatienceresignationhumilityself-effacementdeferencesubservienceservilitysubjectionself-abasementobsequiousnessobeisanceinformal:bootlickingOpposite defianceresistance
   • 2. the action of presenting a proposal, application, or other document for consideration or judgement: "reports should be prepared for submission at partners' meetings" Similar presentationpresentingprofferingtenderingproposalproposingintroductionsuggestionventuringbroachingairinglodgementpositingtabling
   • ▪ a proposal, application, or other document presented for consideration or judgement: "a written submission to the UN" Similar proposalsuggestionpropositionrecommendationpresentationtenderbidoffermotionentryadvanceapproachovertureattempttryeffortdraftproffer
   • ▪ a proposition or argument presented by counsel to a judge or jury: "the judge halted the trial at the end of the prosecution's submissions" Similar argumentassertioncontentionstatementclaimallegationprotestationdeclaration

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin submissio(n-), from the verb submittere (see submit).

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