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commitment

  • noun
  • com·mit·ment
  • /kəˈmɪtmənt/

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially

Other meanings

  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.

Related words

  • commitmentless
  • commitmentphobic
  • decommitment
  • noncommitment
  • overcommitment
  • precommitment
  • commitmentphobia
  • commitment-phobe
  • commitment ring
  • commitment-phobic

Example sentences

  • “Improvement is a commitment to yourself.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “commitment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.