sub|mis|sion

sub|mis|sion
sub|mis|sion «suhb MIHSH uhn», noun.
1. a) the act of yielding to the power, control, or authority of another; submitting: »

The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.

SYNONYM(S): compliance, quiescence, surrender. b) the condition or an instance of having submitted.
2. humble obedience: »

They bowed in submission to the queen's order.

SYNONYM(S): humbleness.
3. a) the act or process of referring or the fact of being referred to the consideration or judgment of some person or group. b) something submitted to another for decision or consideration: »

The Government Departments have contributed letters, reports and submissions to the Queen (Sunday Times). They spitefully submitted a sonnet by Keats. This was returned as speedily as the other submissions (Maclean's).

╂[< Latin submissiō, -ōnis a lowering submittere; see etym. under submit (Cf. ↑submit)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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