capitulation noun4 •The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.This humiliating capitulation of the young republic to the Germans was forced through by Lenin despite the infuriated opposition of his own party and nearly the whole of Russia. — 1978 •The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. •A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. •An enumeration of the main parts of a subject. formscapitulations