formal surrender
Ceremonial laying down
Formal surrender is the official act of yielding to an opposing force, typically marked by ceremony or documentation.
Military formal surrenders often involve signing instruments of surrender, laying down arms, or presenting a sword: The formal surrender took place aboard the USS Missouri.
The phrase distinguishes ceremonial capitulation from informal cessation of hostilities or battlefield surrender.
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- white flagSignal of capitulation
- unconditionalWithout limits or qualifications
- signedWrote one's name on
ceremony · terms · defeat · victor · documents · humiliation · occupation · disarmament · war's end · peace treaty · yielding · laying down arms · submission · concession · battlefield · enemy lines · general · sword
- surrendercapitulate, capitulating, capitulation, give up, giving up
- Surrenderscapitulation, white flag, laying down arms, Appomattox, giving up
formal surrenderlast stand
Ultimate defensive effort
fighting to the death · defiance · victory · conquest · total war
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