1. The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
   "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort";
   - fall, surrender
    
2. A document containing the terms of surrender
   "The defeated army signed the capitulation, agreeing to lay down their arms"
    
3. A summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
   "The report began with a capitulation of the key findings"

Derived forms: capitulations

Type of: doc [informal], document, loss, papers, summary, sum-up, wrap-up, written document

Encyclopedia: Capitulation