Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CA-PIT-U-LA'TION, n.

1. The act of capitulating, or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms or conditions.
2. The treaty or instrument containing the conditions of surrender.
3. A reducing to heads. [Not much used.]
4. In German polity, a contract which the Emperor makes with the electors, in the names of the princes and states of the empire, before he is raised to the imperial dignity.