commitment
English
Etymology
commit + -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈmɪtmənt/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: com‧mit‧ment
Noun
commitment (countable and uncountable, plural commitments)
- The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
- The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
- Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
- Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- 2020 November 23, Charles Hugh Smith, Why I'm Hopeful About 2021:
- Citizenship in the original Greek concept was not simply the granting of rights to do as one pleased;
it also demanded a commitment to serve the interests of the many via personal sacrifice.
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- Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- 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
Derived terms
- commitment-phobe
- commitmentphobia
- commitment-phobic
Related terms
- commit
- committal
- noncommittal
Descendants
- → Portuguese: cometimento
Translations
act or instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust
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act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review
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official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
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promise or agreement to do something in the future
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act of assuming a financial obligation
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being bound emotionally/intellectually
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perpetration, as in crime or a mistake
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state of being pledged or engaged
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trait of sincerity and focused purpose
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act of being locked away
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Further reading
- commitment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- commitment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911