submission.
The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
Meaning & usage
The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.
The thing which has been submitted.
A feeling of surrender to the control of another; a desire to obey.
A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.
Sexual practices that involve serving a dominant partner (or partners) or allowing a partner (or partners) to command or control the submissive; sometimes including bottoming or masochism.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English submissioun, from Old French soubmission, from Latin submissio, from submitto.
A subset or component of a mission.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiōlbor. English mission English submission From sub- + mission.
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