Meaning & Definition of Submission in English
English⟶
Submission
/səbmɪʃən/
noun
1. 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?"
synonym:
- submission,
- entry
2. The act of submitting
- Usually surrendering power to another
synonym:
- submission,
- compliance
3. 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"
synonym:
- submission
4. The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
synonym:
- meekness,
- submission
5. A legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
synonym:
- submission
6. An agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
synonym:
- submission
7. (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
synonym:
- submission
Examples of using
Patriotism in its simple, clear and plain meaning is nothing else for the rulers as an instrument to achieve the power-hungry and self-serving purposes, and for managed people it is a denial of human dignity, reason, conscience, and slavish submission of themselves to those who are in power.
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.