submission
submission is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. Be not as extreme in submission As in offense. Shak.
- 3.(Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- allegiance
- and
- answer
- attend
- bear
- beck
- bidding
- call
- come
- command
- compliance
- compliant
- comply
- constancy
- control
- deference
- devoted
- devotion
- done
- ductility
- end
- faithful
- fealty
- fiddle
- fidelity
- follow
- hear
- helm
- homage
- lead
- loyal
- loyalty
- nonresistance
- obedience
- obedient
- obediently
- obey
- obsequiousness
- observance
- one
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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