commitment

1. n. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison. Source: opted

2. n. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus. Source: opted

3. n. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill. Source: opted

4. n. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission. Source: opted

5. n. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. Source: opted

6. n. the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action Source: wordnet

8. n. an engagement by contract involving financial obligation Source: wordnet

9. n. a message that makes a pledge Source: wordnet

10. n. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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) Source: ecdict

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