submission
[noun]
Synonyms:
- surrender, assent, capitulation, giving in, yielding
- presentation, entry, handing in, tendering
- meekness, compliance, deference, docility, obedience, passivity, resignation

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Antonyms: resistance
Related Words: bowing, submitting, acquiescence, compliance, resignation, cringing, servility, prostration

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sub‧mis‧sion AC /səbˈmɪʃən/ noun
[Word Family: noun: submission, submissiveness; verb: submit; adverb: submissively; adjective: submissive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, from submittere; ⇒ submit]

1. [uncountable] the state of being completely controlled by a person or group, and accepting that you have to obey them
force/frighten/beat etc somebody into submission
Napoleon threatened to starve the country into submission.
in submission
His head was bowed in submission.

2. [uncountable and countable] when you give or show something to someone in authority, for them to consider or approve:
The deadline for the submission of proposals is May 1st.
Plans were drawn up for submission to the housing council.
Submissions will not be accepted after May.

3. [uncountable] formal an opinion or thought that you state Synonym : view:
It is important, in my submission, that a wider view of the matter be taken.

4. [countable] law a request or suggestion that is given to a judge for them to consider

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

submission
noun
I. accepting sb else's control
ADJ. complete, total
VERB + SUBMISSION demand, expect The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects.
gain, get | beat sb into, bomb sb into, force sb into, starve sb into, stun sb into They bombed the village into submission.
PREP. ~ to the patient's submission to the demands of the hospital

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

submission
II. of a plan/statement
ADJ. detailed | joint | oral, written
VERB + SUBMISSION make | accept | reject | consider, hear | support, uphold The judge upheld the defendant's submission and quashed his conviction.
PREP. in a/the ~ | ~ to The companies have made a joint submission to the minister.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲