commitment
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: com‧mit‧ment
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[edit] Noun
commitment (plural commitments)
- The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
- The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review
- Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- Assuming a financial obligation at a future date
- Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
- Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.
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Act or instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust
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Promise or agreement to do something in the future
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Being bound emotionally/intellectually to course of action or to others
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Perpetration, in negative manner, as in crime or mistake
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State of being pledged or engaged
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Trait of sincerity and focused purpose
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The act of being locked away
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[edit] External links
- commitment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- commitment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
