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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1390|origins=fro submission|origins=la submissio}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /səbˈmɪʃən/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is Middle English submissioun, [[bor|fro|submission]] and directly from Latin submissiō, submissiōnem, a letting down, lowering, yielding,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from submissus, past participle of submittere, to put under, let down, yield (see [[submit]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ An act of submitting, in Chaucer, about 1390 in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline dates the sense of referring a matter to a third party for decision to the late 14th century,^(Etymonline) and the OED's legal sense, agreement to abide by a decision, to 1411.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Humble obedience is attested by the mid-15th century (about 1449 in the OED),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and submission to an authority or conquering power from 1482.^(OED 1989) Acts of deference or homage are from 1617,^(OED 1989) and the phrase ''with submission'', subject to correction, from 1667.^(OED 1989) The act of submitting a matter to someone for decision in wider use is from 1911,^(OED 1989) and in law an advocate's theory of a case from 1922.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1390 – an act of submitting.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 1411 – agreement to abide by a decision (law).^(OED 1989)
+ * c. 1449 – submissiveness.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1482 – yielding to authority.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1911 – submitting for consideration.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1922 – an advocate's argument.^(OED 1989)
+ 
+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The act of yielding to the power or authority of another, or the state of having done so.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # The quality of being [[submissive]]; meekness.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # The act of submitting something for consideration, or the thing submitted, such as a proposal.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # ''(law)'' An argument put forward by counsel, or an agreement to refer a dispute to arbitration.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[nonsubmission]]
+ * [[presubmission]]
+ * [[resubmission]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[submit]]
+ * [[submissive]]
+ * [[commission]]
+ * [[mission]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}