commitment

English

Etymology

commit +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com‧mit‧ment

Noun

commitment (countable and uncountable, plural commitments)

1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
   1. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
   2. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
2. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
   1. Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
3. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
4. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
5. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
6. State of being pledged or engaged.
7. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Synonyms

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• allegiance
• charge
• committal
• consignment
• dedication
• devoir

• duty
• engagement
• guarantee
• loyalty
• liability
• must
• need

• oath
• obligation
• ought
• pledge
• promise
• responsibility
• undertaking
• vow
• word

Related terms

• commit
• committal
• noncommittal

Translations

act or instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust

• Belarusian: абавяза́цельства (be) n (abavjazácjelʹstva)
• Bulgarian: обвързване (bg) n (obvǎrzvane), ангажимент (bg) m (angažiment)
• Catalan: compromís (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 託付／托付 (zh) (tuōfù), 托付 (zh) (tuōfù)

• Finnish: sitouttaminen, velvoittaminen (fi)
• German: Einsatz (de) m, Engagement (de) n, Zusage (de) f
• Indonesian: komitmen (id)
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• Italian: impegno (it) m, dedizione (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overlatelse m

  Nynorsk: overlating f

• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m
• Russian: вруче́ние (ru) n (vručénije)
• Spanish: compromiso (es) m

act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review

• Finnish: lähettäminen (fi)
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official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution

• Finnish: tuomio (fi), vankilatuomio (fi)
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promise or agreement to do something in the future

• Arabic: التزام
• Bulgarian: обещание (bg) n (obeštanie)
• Catalan: compromís (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 承諾／承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò), 承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò)

• Dutch: verbintenis (nl) f, verplichting (nl) f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} sindevigo, ^{(please verify)} obligacio
• Finnish: sitoumus (fi)
• French: engagement (fr) m
• German: Verbindlichkeit (de) f, Obligo (de) n
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• Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuiavut)
• Indonesian: komitmen (id)
• Italian: impegno (it) m, promessa (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forpliktelse m

  Nynorsk: forplikting f

• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m, promessa (pt) f
• Russian: обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo), обеща́ние (ru) n (obeščánije)
• Spanish: compromiso (es) m, promesa (es) f, acuerdo (es) m

act of assuming a financial obligation

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} obligacio
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• Finnish: sitoutuminen (fi)

being bound emotionally/intellectually

• Belarusian: прыхі́льнасць f (pryxílʹnascʹ), абавяза́цельства (be) n (abavjazácjelʹstva)
• Bulgarian: обвързаност n (obvǎrzanost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 承諾／承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò), 承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò)

• Dutch: verbintenis (nl) f
• Finnish: sitoutuminen (fi)
• French: engagement (fr) m
• German: Hingabe (de) f, Engagement (de) n
• Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuiavut)
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• Italian: impegno (it) m, promessa (it) f
• Maori: ngākaunui
• Norwegian: engasjement (no) n
• Polish: zobowiązanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m
• Russian: приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ), обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo)
• Swedish: engagemang (sv) n
• Ukrainian: прихи́льність (uk) f (pryxýlʹnistʹ), зобов'я́зання n (zobovʺjázannja), зобов'яза́ння n (zobovʺjazánnja)

perpetration, as in crime or a mistake

• Bulgarian: извършване (bg) n (izvǎršvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: syyllistyminen (fi), syyllisyys (fi) (+ illative)
• German: Engagement (de) n
• Russian: соверше́ние (ru) n (soveršénije)

state of being pledged or engaged

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保證／保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng), 保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng)

• Dutch: engagement (nl) n
• Esperanto: sindevontigo
• Finnish: sitoutuminen (fi), sitoutuneisuus
• German: Bindung (de) f, Engagement (de) n
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• Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuiavut)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forpliktelse m

  Nynorsk: forplikting f

• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m
• Russian: приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ), обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo)

trait of sincerity and focused purpose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 信奉 (zh) (xìnfèng)

• Finnish: sitoutuneisuus
• German: Einstandspflicht f, Engagement (de) n
• Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuiavut)
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• Italian: serietà (it) f, dedizione (it) f
• Maori: ruruku, ngākau titikaha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: engasjement (no) n, forpliktelse m

  Nynorsk: engasjement (no) n, forplikting f

act of being locked away

• Finnish: vangitseminen (fi) (jail); sulkeminen (fi)
• German: Einweisung (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tvangsinnleggelse m, tvangsinnlegging c (in a mental hospital)

  Nynorsk: tvangsinnlegging f (in a mental hospital)

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• Russian: заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: מחויבות (mekhuiavut) f (2,3,5,6)
• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 委任 (いにん, inin), 責任 (せきにん, sekinin)
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• Persian: ^{(please verify)} پایبندی (pie-bandi), ^{(please verify)} قول (fa), ^{(please verify)} تعهد (fa)

Further reading

• “commitment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “commitment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.