Thesaurus: submission

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1. n. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
2. n. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
3. n. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
4. n. An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.
5. n. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
6. n. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
7. n. the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
8. n. the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
9. n. a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
10. n. an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
11. n. (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case they are arguing
12. 1. The act of word/submitting">submitting; the act of word/yielding">yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance. Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. Shak. 2. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation. In all submission and humility York doth present himself unto your highness. Shak. No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things. Sir W. Temple. 3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. Be not as extreme in submission As in offense. Shak. 4. (Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier.