| Capitulate 1. (v.) To settle or draw up terms of a surrender; to give up resisting. 2. (n.) To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates. 3. (v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. Thesaurus Entries abandon, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, beg a truce, bow, cave, cede, come to terms, concede, cry pax, cry quits, defer, give in, give over, give up, implore mercy, knuckle, knuckle under, pray for quarter, relent, relinquish, renounce, say uncle, submit, succumb, surrender, yield, yield the palm |