submission
Bowing to authority
Submission is the act of yielding to authority or control.
A wrestler forces an opponent into submission.
In BDSM, submission is the consensual role of surrendering power to a dominant partner.
Submission also means presenting something for consideration: The deadline for submissions is Friday.
A legal submission is a formal argument presented to a court.
Access or submission
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- applicationFormal request document
- candidacyPursuit of office
- nominationFormal candidate selection
filing · petition · bid · tender · appeal · request · plea · enrollment
Compliance with authority
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
acquiescence · subordination · subservience · meekness · docility · passivity · resignation · humility
Original text before publication
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
brief · report · paper · draft · abstract · synopsis · text · statement
Unjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
colonialism · dictatorship · autocracy · despotism · authoritarianism · patriarchy · servitude · bondage
entry
Access or submission
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- applicationFormal request document
- candidacyPursuit of office
nomination · filing · petition · bid · tender · appeal · request · plea · enrollment · registration
obedience
Compliance with authority
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
deference · acquiescence · subordination · subservience · meekness · docility · passivity · resignation · humility · servility
manuscript
Original text before publication
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- essayShort argumentative prose work
article · brief · report · paper · draft · abstract · synopsis · text · statement · declaration
oppression
Unjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
suppression · colonialism · dictatorship · autocracy · despotism · authoritarianism · patriarchy · servitude · bondage · enslavement
hold
Maintain in grasp
headlock · clinch · grappling · pinning · takedown · tap out · mount · guard · reversal · escape
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- hiring processjob posting, job postings, application, resume review, screening
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up
- academic processenrollment, registration, application, graduation, thesis
- Application Processresume, cover letter, interview, reference, background check
- human dynamicsteamwork, leadership, cooperation, communication, trust
submissiondefiance
Open resistance to authority
resistance · rebellion · disobedience · insubordination · noncompliance
submissiondominance
Superior influence over others
domination · control · authority · command · supremacy
submissionwithdrawal
Act of taking away
retraction · rejection · refusal · withholding · recall
- submission deadlineRequired completion time
- submission holdRestraint forcing capitulation
- call for submissions
- submission movesTechniques forcing opponent surrender
- submission dateRequired delivery date
- submissive postureBody position showing subordination
submissive, submissions, submissiveness, submissively, submissives