abstract:A capitulation (from Lat. caputThe Low-Latin diminutive of caput is capitulum, as indicating the form in which these acts were set down in chapters; the Greek equivalent, cephaleosis, is occasionally used in works of the 17th century.
L'armistice du 11 novembre 1918 marque la capitulation de l'Allemagne et la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale. Le 11 novembre est devenu un jour de mémoire, rendant hommage aux soldats.