Category:Submission

Sub*mis"sion, n. Etym: [l. submissio a letting down, lowering: cf. F. Soumission.]

1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; Surrender of the person and power to the control or government of Another; obedience; compliance. Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere french word; we english warrious Wot not what it means. Shak.

2. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or Dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation. In all submission and humility york doth present himself unto your Highness. Shak. No duty in religion is more justly required by god. . . than a Perfect submission to his will in all things. Sir w. Temple.

3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. Be not as extreme in submission as in offense. Shak.

4. (law)

Defn: an agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of Controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. Wharton (law Dict.). Bouvier.