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Definition of Commitment

1. Noun. The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose. "A man of energy and commitment"

2. Noun. The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action. "They felt no loyalty to a losing team"

3. Noun. An engagement by contract involving financial obligation. "His business commitments took him to London"

4. Noun. A message that makes a pledge.

5. Noun. The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital).

Definition of Commitment

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

Definition of Commitment

1. Noun. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: ¹

2. Noun. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review ¹

3. Noun. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution ¹

4. Noun. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially: ¹

5. Noun. Assuming a financial obligation at a future date ¹

6. Noun. Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons. ¹

7. Noun. Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake. ¹

8. Noun. State of being pledged or engaged. ¹

9. Noun. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose. ¹

10. Noun. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commitment

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Commitment

1. Legal consignment, by certification, or voluntarily, of an individual to a mental hospital or institution. Origin: L. Com-mitto, to deliver, consign (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commitment

commissure of habenulae commissure of inferior colliculi commissure of lips commissure of superior colliculus commissures commissurotomies commissurotomy commit a bill commit point commit suicide

commit to memory commital commitment (current term) commitment-phobe commitment-phobes commitment-phobia commitment-phobic commitment of mentally ill commitmentphobe commitmentphobes

commitments commitology commits commits suicide committable committal committal service

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