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Meaning of 'submission' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Submission [ n.]
- 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.
- The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
- Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
- An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.

Meaning of 'submission' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . submission [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
Example in sentence:
  • his submission to the will of God;
  • the union was brought into submission
Meaning (2):
- 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)
Example in sentence:
  • several of his submissions were rejected by publishers;
  • what was the date of submission of your proposal?

Nearby Words:

sub sub judice sub- sub-base sub-bass subacid subacrid subacromial subact subaction

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