Commitment
Definition of Commitment
Com`mit´ment | n. | 1. | The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison. | | 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 perpetration, 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. |
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