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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suh b-mish-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɪʃ ən |
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Définition of submission
Origin :- late 14c., "act of referring to a third party for judgment or decision," from Old French submission, from Latin submissionem (nominative submissio) "a lowering, sinking, yielding," noun of action from past participle stem of submittere "lower, reduce, yield" (see submit). Sense of "humble obedience" is first recorded mid-15c. Modern French submission has been replaced by doublet soumission.
- noun compliance
- She was maintaining that calm level of submission to fate which had been her lifelong habit.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She could only wait, and it took all the patience and submission she could find.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I have, however, to do it, and now and then I have moments of submission and acceptance.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Charles Bonaparte had gained but little by his submission to the French.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- He obeyed my orders—went into the cave to bring his associates to submission.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- My independence, my horror of submission, even in appearance, annoyed him vastly.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I will not yield, I will not make my submission, I will defend my book by a fresh one.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Woman, Paul makes that rule the same, and that submission, the same.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- A submission to the will of the majority is a fundamental principle of our institutions.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- As if he had said,--I seek to test the submission of your will, freely, to my will.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
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