Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Capitulation \Ca*pit`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL.
   capitulatio.]
   1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

            With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor
            the French shall refortify.           --Bp. Burnet.

   2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon
      stipulated terms.

   3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or
      surrender.

Source : WordNet®

capitulation
     n 1: a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
     2: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they
        were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: {fall},
         {surrender}]