0 present participle of capitulate --
1 to accept military defeat: --
The sports minister today capitulated to calls for his resignation.
Their forces capitulated five hours after the bombardment of the city began.
Some students, however, have decried this policy as capitulating to the establishment and called for a return to more vocal and active campaigning on issues of contention, e.g. accommodation.
In a chain reaction, the other forts began capitulating.
The city, however, remained firm for over a year before capitulating in 1628.
But territorial citizens and officials thought the new chief could be pressured into capitulating.
Indeed, we could not compromise any more without capitulating fully.
There is no need to admit that he and his colleagues are capitulating to the lobby.
They take their revenge by clobbering the weak, the elderly and disabled while capitulating to the strong.
Far from capitulating, we should strengthen our internal safeguards against bogus asylum seekers.
