uncapitulating

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ capitulating.

Adjective

uncapitulating (comparative more uncapitulating, superlative most uncapitulating)

  1. Not capitulating.
    • 1869, I Plimsott, The Temptation of Christ:
      ...Beholding frail mortality thus waging / A deadly, uncapitulating strife / With the most powerful of created beings...
    • 1919, Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, Little Mother America:
      His lips were compressed into thin, uncapitulating lines, giving him the look of a creature unconquered, secretly chafing...
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