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Submission

Submission Meaning & Definition
Submission Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Submission?

[n] the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
[n] an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
[n] a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
[n] (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
[n] 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?"
[n] the feeling of patient submissive humbleness
[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Submission: compliance | entry | meekness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Submission:

See Also | agreement | condition | content | contention | filing | group action | humbleness | humility | message | obedience | obeisance | prostration | status | subject matter | substance | understanding | written agreement

Submission In Webster's Dictionary

\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. Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. --Shak. 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. --Shak. 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. --Shak. 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.

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