deditionn.
/dɪˈdɪʃən/ Now rare or Obsolete.
Giving up, yielding, surrender.
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society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] > surrender
deliverancea1387
appointmenta1513
composition1523
dedition1523
rendering1523
surrender?a1525
fall1535
render1548
rendry1600
rendition1601
capitulation1604
recapitulation1641
reddition1641
surrendering1648
capitulating1734
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > [noun]
kneeinga1240
submittingc1460
submissiona1475
submittance1602
resignation1663
dedition1667
knuckle-down1859
1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 135 For dedicion of their places townes and strengthes to the Kinges subjection.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cx. 7 Annot.) 566/2 Eastern Princes..in token of dedition exacted from subjugated provinces Earth and Water.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xiii. 336 [They] make an entire dedition of themselves, and submit to the severest and ignoblest vassallage.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. IV. 598 He disputes not the..Dedition made by his Faction.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 367 He insisted upon distinct and positive terms of dedition.
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