'Submission' definitions:
Definition of 'submission'
From: WordNet
noun
Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" [syn: submission, entry]
noun
The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another [syn: submission, compliance]
noun
The condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else; "the union was brought into submission"; "his submission to the will of God"
noun
The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness [syn: meekness, submission]
noun
A legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
noun
An agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
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(law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
Definition of 'Submission'
From: GCIDE
- Submission \Sub*mis"sion\, n. [L. submissio a letting down, lowering: cf. F. soumission.]
- 1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance. [1913 Webster]
- Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation. [1913 Webster]
- In all submission and humility York doth present himself unto your highness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. [1913 Webster]
- Be not as extreme in submission As in offense. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. --Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'submission'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- accord,
- acquiescence,
- advance,
- affirmation,
- affirmative,
- affirmative voice,
- agreement,
- allegiance,
- amenability,
- approach,
- approbation,
- approval,
- asking price,
- assent,
- aye,
- bend,
- bending the knee,
- bid,
- blessing,
- bob,
- bow,
- bowing,
- bowing and scraping,
- capitulation,
- compliance,
- concession,
- conformity,
- connivance,
- consent,
- contribution,
- cringing,
- curtsy,
- deference,
- dipping the colors,
- docility,
- duteousness,
- dutifulness,
- eagerness,
- endorsement,
- entry,
- faith,
- fealty,
- feeler,
- genuflection,
- giving in,
- homage,
- humbleness,
- humility,
- inclination,
- invitation,
- kneeling,
- kowtow,
- loyalty,
- making a leg,
- meekness,
- nod,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolent resistance,
- obedience,
- obediency,
- obeisance,
- obsequiousness,
- observance,
- offer,
- offering,
- OK,
- okay,
- overture,
- passive resistance,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- permission,
- preliminary approach,
- presentation,
- presenting arms,
- proffer,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- prostration,
- Quakerism,
- quietism,
- ratification,
- readiness,
- resignation,
- reverence,
- salaam,
- salutation,
- salute,
- sanction,
- scrape,
- service,
- servility,
- servitium,
- standing at attention,
- submissiveness,
- submittal,
- submitting,
- suit and service,
- suit service,
- surrender,
- tender,
- tentative approach,
- timidity,
- tractability,
- uncomplainingness,
- ungrudgingness,
- unloathness,
- unreluctance,
- willingness,
- yielding