First Known Use: 14th century
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submission
noun sub·mis·sion \səb-ˈmi-shən\
: an act of giving a document, proposal, piece of writing, etc., to someone so that it can be considered or approved : an act of submitting something
: something that is submitted
: the state of being obedient : the act of accepting the authority or control of someone else
Full Definition of SUBMISSION
1
a : a legal agreement to submit to the decision of arbitrators b : an act of submitting something (as for consideration or inspection); also : something submitted (as a manuscript)
2
: the condition of being submissive, humble, or compliant
3
: an act of submitting to the authority or control of another
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Origin of SUBMISSION
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin submission-, submissio act of lowering, from submittere
Related to SUBMISSION
- Synonyms
- compliance, conformity, obedience, subordination
Rhymes with SUBMISSION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
SUBMISSION Defined for Kids
submission
noun sub·mis·sion \səb-ˈmi-shən\
Definition of SUBMISSION for Kids
1
: the act of putting forward something (as for consideration or comment)
2
: the condition of being humble or obedient
3
: the act of giving in to power or authority
Medical Dictionary
submission
noun sub·mis·sion \səb-ˈmish-ən\
Medical Definition of SUBMISSION
: the condition of being submissive
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