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submission

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

The act of yielding to another's authority or control.

The story explores the difference between cooperation and submission to arbitrary power.

Dictionary practice example.

The intruder's eventual submission to the caretaker's authority appears when he stops resisting and accepts the direction to go outside.