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submission

Syllabification: (sub·mis·sion)
Pronunciation: /səbˈmiSHən/

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Definition of submission

noun

  • 1the action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person:they were forced into submission
  • Wrestling an act of surrendering to a hold by one’s opponent.
  • archaic humility; meekness:servile flattery and submission
  • 2the action of presenting a proposal, application, or other document for consideration or judgment:reports should be prepared for submission at partners' meetings
  • a proposal, application, or other document presented in this way.
  • Law a proposition or argument presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury.

Origin:

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

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