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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. --Clarendon. 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. --Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: commitment n 1: the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment" [syn: {commitedness}] 2: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: {allegiance}, {loyalty}, {dedication}] 3: an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London" 4: a message that makes a pledge [syn: {dedication}] 5: the official act of consigning a person to a prison (or mental hospital) [syn: {committal}, {consignment}]
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