降伏 — meaning in English
kōfuku
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English meaning
- capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
- capitulation noun The act of stopping resistance and accepting the demands of an opponent.
Senses
降伏 is used for these senses in English:
- capitulate (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
- capitulation The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
capitulation — full definition
- noun The act of stopping resistance and accepting the demands of an opponent.
- noun The formal surrender of an army, city or fortress, usually on agreed terms.
- noun A phase in which investors give up and sell heavily, driving prices sharply lower before a market bottoms out.