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verb, to surrender, esp under agreed conditions
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capitulate
- 1) verb, to surrender, esp under agreed conditions
Etymology
C16 (meaning: to arrange under heads, draw up in order; hence, to make terms of surrender): from Medieval Latin capitulare to draw up under heads, from capitulum chapter
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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give in, yield, concede, submit, surrender, comply, give up, succumb, cave in (informal), relent
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