submission.

1. Acceptance of another's control, judgment, or demands.

2. Formal presentation of work for review, or the work presented.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• submission to authority
• passive submission

On the page

Her silence should not be mistaken for submission.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.