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/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/ · verb
(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply..
He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.
The CCP has refused to capitulate to Trump’s demands to come to the table and renegotiate their terms of trade.
The lawes […] which we capitulate at sea […] are not used on lande.
The places of serpents abode being thus generally capitulated.
there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary
It was capitulate and convenanted, that […] the river Himera, […]
The aggregation of flowers into capitulate inflorescences is a character directly advantageous from the aspect of the biological function of cross-pollination.
Use capitulate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Capitulate means (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply..
Common synonyms include wave the white flag, see Thesaurus:surrender.
Possible antonyms include beat, bring down, convince, chew up.
He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
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