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Webster 1913 Edition


Submission

Sub-mis′sion

,
Noun.
[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.
Submission
, dauphin! ’t is a mere French word;
We English warrious wot not what it means.
Shakespeare
2.
The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
In all
submission
and humility
York doth present himself unto your highness.
Shakespeare
No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect
submission
to his will in all things.
Sir W. Temple.
3.
Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
Be not as extreme in
submission

As in offense.
Shakespeare
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Submission

SUBMIS'SION

,
Noun.
[L. submissio, from submitto.]
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.
Submission, dauphin! 'tis a mere French word;
We English warriors wot not what it means.
2.
Acknowledgment of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior.
In all submission and humility,
York doth present himself unto your highness.
3.
Acknowledgment of a fault; confession or error.
Be not as extreme in submission, as in offense.
4.
Obedience; compliance with the commands or laws of a superior. Submission of children to their parents is an indispensable duty.
5.
Resignation; a yielding of one's will to the will or appointment of a superior without murmuring. Entire and cheerful submission to the will of God is a christian duty of prime excellence.

Definition 2024


submission

submission

English

Noun

submission (countable and uncountable, plural submissions)

  1. The act of submitting.
  2. The thing which has been submitted.
    • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, Killer robots should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
      In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
  3. A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

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