submission

The word “submission” means the act of giving in or yielding to someone else's authority or control. In plain terms, giving in to someone, or a piece of work sent in to be judged or reviewed.

“Submission” is pronounced suhb-MIH-shuhn (/səbˈmɪʃən/ in IPA).

Here is “submission” used in a sentence: “The rebels were finally forced into submission.”

The opposite of “submission” — its antonyms — are rebellion, control, dominance and domination.

“Submission” is a noun.

The word “submission” comes from Latin. From Latin submissio, from submitto, "to place under, yield.".

“Submission” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Submission” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: the act of giving in or yielding to someone else's authority or control.

Surrender is the act of giving up completely, often at the end of a fight or battle, while submission is accepting or yielding to someone else's authority or control, which can be a continuing state rather than a single act. You surrender to an enemy in a moment; you live in submission to a ruler over time.

A call for submissions is an invitation from a publisher, journal, gallery or competition for people to send in work to be considered. Each piece of work sent in, whether a story, paper, design or application, is a submission.

In combat sports such as MMA, wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a submission is a hold or technique, typically a joint lock or choke, that forces an opponent to give up. A fighter usually concedes by tapping the mat or the opponent, known as tapping out, and the winner is said to win by submission.

The related verb is submit. You submit an application, an essay or an entry, and the act or result of submitting it is a submission; in the yielding sense, to submit to authority is to be in submission to it.