submission has definitions from the fields of law,writing
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[ noun ] a message submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

Synonyms

entry

Examples

"several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"

Used in print

(Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)

The Commission shall certify to the Secretary_of_State , upon his request , copies of the formal submissions of claims filed pursuant to subsection ( b ) of section 4 of_this Act for transmission to the foreign government concerned .

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

Counsel for du_Pont indicated a preference for the submission of detailed plans by both sides at an early date .

The submission of detailed plans would place the issues before the court more readily than would discussion of divestiture or disenfranchisement in the abstract .

Related terms

message filing submit

2
[ noun ] the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

Synonyms

compliance

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

The world exploded when Fascism challenged all concepts of peace and liberty , and the outraged , freedom loving peoples of the Capitalist and Socialist worlds combined forces to stamp Fascist tyranny into cringing submission .

3
[ noun ] (law,writing) a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

Related terms

written_agreement

4
[ noun ] (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

Related terms

contention law

5
[ noun ] the feeling of patient submissive humbleness

Synonyms

meekness

Related terms

humility

6
[ noun ] the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

Examples

"the union was brought into submission" "his submission to the will of God"

Related terms

condition submit

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[ noun ] an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

Related terms

agreement

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