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unconditional surrender

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A surrender without conditions (beyond those imposed by the basic laws of war).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: استسلام غير مشروط — surrender without conditions
  • Bulgarian: безусловна капитулация (bezuslovna kapitulacija) — surrender without conditions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無條件投降 /无条件投降 (wútiáojiàn tóuxiáng) — surrender without conditions
  • Czech: bezpodmínečná kapitulace — surrender without conditions
  • Dutch: onvoorwaardelijke overgave — surrender without conditions
  • Finnish: ehdoton antautuminen — surrender without conditions
  • Georgian: უპირობო დანებება (uṗirobo danebeba) — surrender without conditions
  • Georgian: უპირობო კაპიტულაცია (uṗirobo ḳaṗiṭulacia) — surrender without conditions
  • German: bedingungslose Kapitulation — surrender without conditions
  • Indonesian: penyerahan tanpa syarat — surrender without conditions
  • Irish: géilleadh gan choinníoll — surrender without conditions
  • Irish: géilleadh gan chomhla — surrender without conditions
  • Irish: géilleadh gan chuntar — surrender without conditions
  • Italian: resa incondizionata — surrender without conditions
  • Japanese: 無条件降伏 (mujōkenkōfuku) — surrender without conditions
  • Korean: 무조건 항복 (mujogeon hangbok) — surrender without conditions
  • Malay: penyerahan kalah tanpa syarat — surrender without conditions
  • Persian: تسلیم بی قید و شرط — surrender without conditions
  • Portuguese: rendição incondicional — surrender without conditions
  • Romanian: capitulare necondiționată — surrender without conditions
  • Russian: безоговорочная капитуля́ция (bezogovoročnaja kapituljácija) — surrender without conditions
  • Serbo-Croatian: безусловна пре̏даја — surrender without conditions
  • Serbo-Croatian: bezuslovna prȅdaja — surrender without conditions
  • Spanish: rendición incondicional — surrender without conditions
  • Vietnamese: đầu hàng không điều kiện — surrender without conditions