Submission
noun
The action of accepting or giving in to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.
He called for the submission of the guerrillas to the authorities.
noun
The action of presenting a proposal, application or other document for consideration or judgment.
Please ensure your submission reaches us before the closing date.
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Academic
noun
An act of giving up a combat due to the opponent's superior strength or skill.
He won the match by submission in the second round.
noun
An act of referring a matter to a third party for decision or judgment.
The two parties resolved their differences by submission to an arbitrator.
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Formal
Legal
noun
The action of accepting or giving in to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.
He called for the submission of the guerrillas to the authorities.
noun
The action of presenting a proposal, application or other document for consideration or judgment.
Please ensure your submission reaches us before the closing date.
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An act of giving up a combat due to the opponent's superior strength or skill.
He won the match by submission in the second round.
noun
An act of referring a matter to a third party for decision or judgment.
The two parties resolved their differences by submission to an arbitrator.
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used when acknowledging someone's dominance, often involuntary or under pressure.
The kingdom's submission to the invading forces was a dark chapter in its history.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
It can signify strategic compliance to achieve a goal, not just defeat.
His submission to the rules allowed him to play a fair game.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
It can carry an emotional burden, suggesting struggle or loss of control.
Her submission to the demands came after much inner turmoil.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used when acknowledging someone's dominance, often involuntary or under pressure.
The kingdom's submission to the invading forces was a dark chapter in its history.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
It can signify strategic compliance to achieve a goal, not just defeat.
His submission to the rules allowed him to play a fair game.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
It can carry an emotional burden, suggesting struggle or loss of control.
Her submission to the demands came after much inner turmoil.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used when acknowledging someone's dominance, often involuntary or under pressure.
The kingdom's submission to the invading forces was a dark chapter in its history.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
It can signify strategic compliance to achieve a goal, not just defeat.
His submission to the rules allowed him to play a fair game.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
It can carry an emotional burden, suggesting struggle or loss of control.
Her submission to the demands came after much inner turmoil.
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America Ferrera: My...
And so I did, I worked my hardest to overcome all the things that people said were wrong with me. I stayed out of the sun so that my skin wouldn't get too brown, I straightened my curls into submission. I constantly tried to lose weight, I bought fancier and more expensive clothes. All so that when people looked at me,
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Why do we cry? The three...
such as an increased heart rate and slower breathing. But scientists still aren't sure exactly how or why the tears themselves are helpful. They may be a social mechanism to elicit sympathy or show submission. But some studies have also found that emotional tears contain higher levels of stress hormones,
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What will future jobs...
and it felt like I had been sent to the Gulag. With the benefit of hindsight, I now know the job was to prepare me for life as a clerk or a laborer, but at the time it felt like the job was to kind of bore me into some submission with what was going on around me. We have to do better than this.
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
that pummel their subjects into submission. Don't be too aggressive, it doesn't work. Now, we've talked a little bit about how to talk to someone who's lying and how to spot a lie. And as I promised, we're now going to look at what the truth looks like. But I'm going to show you two videos,
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Hear Kids' Honest...
measures looking at submission of the moon every night if I could change one of the world's I would stop people from bowling well yeah but I know my dad I'm a little I would make the roads able to fit for her so there would be less
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and terrify them into submission, or you can use it to give courage to people so they rise to the greatest heights of enlightenment. You can use your energy to build nuclear bombs and spread the darkness of destruction,
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
can be monitored at all times is a society that breeds conformity and obedience and submission, which is why every tyrant, the most overt to the most subtle, craves that system. Conversely, even more importantly,
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Can love and independence...
and Janie’s life is full of complicated characters who demand different kinds of love and submission. But despite the loneliness of her situation, Janie navigates these trials with defiance and curiosity.
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The ecological structure...
novel about the human microbiome set in Paris that's a new Netflix genre and and then this next one is submission my jaw literally dropped when I read this one check it out Suleiman bequite a
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Hunting Lesson PIPE...
in submission the aggression triggered by the kill affects them too the pride is forced to bide its time but their chance may never come
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America Ferrera: My...
And so I did, I worked my hardest to overcome all the things that people said were wrong with me. I stayed out of the sun so that my skin wouldn't get too brown, I straightened my curls into submission. I constantly tried to lose weight, I bought fancier and more expensive clothes. All so that when people looked at me,
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Why do we cry? The three...
such as an increased heart rate and slower breathing. But scientists still aren't sure exactly how or why the tears themselves are helpful. They may be a social mechanism to elicit sympathy or show submission. But some studies have also found that emotional tears contain higher levels of stress hormones,
Video examples
What will future jobs...
and it felt like I had been sent to the Gulag. With the benefit of hindsight, I now know the job was to prepare me for life as a clerk or a laborer, but at the time it felt like the job was to kind of bore me into some submission with what was going on around me. We have to do better than this.
Video examples
How to spot a liar PIPE...
that pummel their subjects into submission. Don't be too aggressive, it doesn't work. Now, we've talked a little bit about how to talk to someone who's lying and how to spot a lie. And as I promised, we're now going to look at what the truth looks like. But I'm going to show you two videos,
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Hear Kids' Honest...
measures looking at submission of the moon every night if I could change one of the world's I would stop people from bowling well yeah but I know my dad I'm a little I would make the roads able to fit for her so there would be less
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
and terrify them into submission, or you can use it to give courage to people so they rise to the greatest heights of enlightenment. You can use your energy to build nuclear bombs and spread the darkness of destruction,
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
can be monitored at all times is a society that breeds conformity and obedience and submission, which is why every tyrant, the most overt to the most subtle, craves that system. Conversely, even more importantly,
Video examples
Can love and independence...
and Janie’s life is full of complicated characters who demand different kinds of love and submission. But despite the loneliness of her situation, Janie navigates these trials with defiance and curiosity.
Video examples
The ecological structure...
novel about the human microbiome set in Paris that's a new Netflix genre and and then this next one is submission my jaw literally dropped when I read this one check it out Suleiman bequite a
Video examples
Hunting Lesson PIPE...
in submission the aggression triggered by the kill affects them too the pride is forced to bide its time but their chance may never come
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Quote examples
Demetrious Johnson
American Athlete
In wrestling, when I was in high school, my coach said you should be able to hit every single move from any position. So, arm drag to double-leg, snap-down to double-leg. You should be able to hit a move from anywhere, so with my armbar, I can essentially hit it from any position because it's my favorite submission.
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Johnny Isakson
American Politician
My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it.
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Tichina Arnold
American Actress
I call myself taking control of a situation, but sometimes you really have to learn to humble yourself and to submit yourself. I'm not really good with submission, so that's the part of marriage and relationships that I've found very hard to deal with.
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Faye Wattleton
Sociologist
I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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Richard Curtis
New Zealander Writer
It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
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Jen Lancaster
American Author
I married a man who isn't afraid to wash a dish, scrub a toilet, or have his unibrow waxed into submission by a licensed professional.
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Henry Miller
American Author
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
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Demian Maia
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
Submitting is always the most important thing to me. Victory first, but with a submission is what I always want.
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Stanley Milgram
American Psychologist
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
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Demetrious Johnson
American Athlete
In wrestling, when I was in high school, my coach said you should be able to hit every single move from any position. So, arm drag to double-leg, snap-down to double-leg. You should be able to hit a move from anywhere, so with my armbar, I can essentially hit it from any position because it's my favorite submission.
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Johnny Isakson
American Politician
My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it.
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Tichina Arnold
American Actress
I call myself taking control of a situation, but sometimes you really have to learn to humble yourself and to submit yourself. I'm not really good with submission, so that's the part of marriage and relationships that I've found very hard to deal with.
Quote examples
Faye Wattleton
Sociologist
I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
Quote examples
Richard Curtis
New Zealander Writer
It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
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Jen Lancaster
American Author
I married a man who isn't afraid to wash a dish, scrub a toilet, or have his unibrow waxed into submission by a licensed professional.
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Henry Miller
American Author
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
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Demian Maia
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
Submitting is always the most important thing to me. Victory first, but with a submission is what I always want.
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Stanley Milgram
American Psychologist
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
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