1. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition);
"several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"
"what was the date of submission of your proposal?"
2. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
3. the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else;
"the union was brought into submission"
"his submission to the will of God"
4. the feeling of patient submissive humbleness
5. a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
6. an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
7. (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing