The phrase "act of capitulation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing surrender, yielding, or giving up in a conflict or negotiation.
Example: "The act of capitulation marked the end of the long-standing conflict between the two nations."
Alternatives: "surrender agreement" or "yielding act".
"It was an act of capitulation," says Maleeha Lodhi, a former Pakistani ambassador to the United States.
What he called in his speech "a political culture in which accord has been seen as an act of capitulation" is clearly alive and thriving.
In any case, the worst king of England is best remembered for an act of capitulation: in 1215, he pledged to his barons that he would obey "the law of the land" when he affixed his seal to a charter that came to be called Magna Carta.
And a commentator in the staunchly pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet called turning to the IMF "an act of capitulation" similar to a restaurant bowing to a blackmailer's demand to pay protection money, or watch his business burnt to the ground.
The emperor deserting the capital would have been viewed as an act of capitulation, so court officials convinced him to abdicate.
The metamodernist's response -- that journalistically, and in a concept-driven way, accounting for our circumstances is not an act of capitulation but of necessary preparation for subsequent commitments -- is a non-starter in these cliques.
But honku will endure forever — perhaps even drawing strength from this act of bureaucratic capitulation to the forces of noise pollution.
This was a just and commendable decision, which many are likely to misinterpret as an act of unconscionable capitulation to an angry mob.
The act of Germany's capitulation in World War II was signed at Reims in May 1945.
He did — out of fear of imprisonment, he later said — and came to regret his capitulation, calling it an act of "self-pollution".
