submitting
Handing over work
Submitting is the act of yielding to authority or another's will, or presenting something for consideration.
A wrestler submits when pinned; an author submits a manuscript to a publisher.
After submitting the application, she waited anxiously.
The word implies handing over control—whether to a person, a process, or a system: submitting to a background check, submitting your timesheet by Friday.
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- obedienceCompliance with authority
resignation · concession · compliance · subordination · humility · meekness · docility · passivity
Formal request document
manuscript · entry · request · claim · petition · appeal · nomination · candidacy
Enforced rules and standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- conformityAdherence to norms
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
guidelines · requirements · specifications · policies · rules · laws · legislation · governance
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
obedience · resignation · concession · compliance · subordination · humility · meekness · docility · passivity · acceptance
application
Formal request document
draft · manuscript · entry · request · claim · petition · appeal · nomination · candidacy · portfolio
regulations
Enforced rules and standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- conformityAdherence to norms
protocols · guidelines · requirements · specifications · policies · rules · laws · legislation · governance · oversight
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- test takingA, B, C, D, E
- Test-taking actionsanswering, guessing, bubbling, circling, marking
submittingdefying
Actively refusing obedience
disobeying · rebelling · resisting · refusing · revolting
submittingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
fighting · braving · withstanding · opposing · combating
submittingdominating
Exercising supreme control
commanding · ruling · controlling · asserting · dictating