capitulate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
capitulate /kəˈpɪtjʊleɪt/
▶verb cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.
– derivatives
capitulator noun.
capitulator noun.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘parley, draw up terms’): from Fr. capituler, from med. L. capitulare ‘draw up under headings’, from L. capitulum, dimin. of caput ‘head’.
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