Thesaurus: commitment

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1. n. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
2. n. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
3. n. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
4. n. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
5. n. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
6. n. the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
7. n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
8. n. an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
9. n. a message that makes a pledge
10. n. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
11. 1. The act of commiting, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consigment; esp., the act of commiting to prison. They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. Clarendon. 2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus. 3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill. 4. A doing, or preperation, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission. 5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. Hamilton.
12. n:100 n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action n. an engagement by contract involving financial obligation n. a message that makes a pledge n. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)