n.
Pronunciation: s ə b- ' mi-sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin submission-, submissio act of lowering, from submittere
Date: 14th century
1 a : a legal agreement to submit to the decision of arbitrators b : an act of submitting something (as for consideration or inspection) also : something submitted (as a manuscript)
2 : the condition of being submissive, humble, or compliant
3 : an act of submitting to the authority or control of another