n. 1. The act or fact of submitting to the power of another: an army laying siege to a town to compel its submission; a dog bowing its head in submission. 2. a. The act of submitting something for consideration. b. Something so submitted: read three fiction manuscripts and several other submissions. [Middle English submissioun, from Old French submission, from Latin submissiō, submissiōn-, a lowering, from submissus, past participle of submittere, to set under; see SUBMIT.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.