submission

Noun
Synonyms: entrycompliancemeekness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (7)

  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?”Synonyms: entry
  2. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to anotherSynonyms: 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”
  4. the feeling of patient, submissive humblenessSynonyms: meekness
  5. a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
  6. an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
  7. (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Submission \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. [1913 Webster]

Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation. [1913 Webster]

In all submission and humility York doth present himself unto your highness.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things.— Sir W. Temple.[1913 Webster]

3.Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. [1913 Webster]

Be not as extreme in submission As in offense.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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