Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of entrusting.
- noun The act or an instance of committing to confinement.
- noun The act of pledging oneself to a particular view or position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of committing, in any of the senses of the verb; commitment; commission: as, the committal of a trust to a person, of a body to the grave, of a criminal to prison; the or a committal (compromising, betrayal, exposure) of one's self.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
entrusting something to someone. - noun The act of
committing someone toconfinement ; anorder for someone'simprisonment . - noun The act of
perpetrating anoffence . - noun The act of committing a
body to thegrave at aburial or to thefurnace at acremation . - adjective Of or relating to a
committee .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of committing a crime
- noun the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Something succinct and non committal is usually good along the lines of Thank you for your communication.
Yeah Yeah Yeah « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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As for his next session, and possible date for a Grapefruit League start, Santana was non-committal, which is how the Mets will handle his schedule for the rest of this month.
unknown title 2009
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Chase has been more honest with Fabio, but "over the past few days," just since Fabio began winning every Immunity Challenge, Sash been more "committal" to him, whatever the hell "committal" means.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Fetuses Gone Wild! Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Chase has been more honest with Fabio, but "over the past few days," just since Fabio began winning every Immunity Challenge, Sash been more "committal" to him, whatever the hell "committal" means.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Fetuses Gone Wild! Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Could Germany have taken this absolutely "committal" position if she had been ignorant of what Austria intended to do?
Fighting For Peace Henry Van Dyke 1892
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But many, like Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, are non-committal about voting for specific trade agreements.
Officials See Possible Progress on Long-Delayed US Free-Trade Pacts 2011
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But for this the family found no cause for committal to the asylum, since such committal would necessarily invalidate what he had done.
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I found it out quite by accident — a few words dropped into a letter, a corroboration of the fact and further committal, a protracted defence of your position, running through a correspondence of over a year, and, finally, a face-to-face declaration.
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He remained non-committal following the loss to Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament about potential plans to enter the NBA draft.
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But many, like Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, are non-committal about voting for specific trade agreements.
Officials See Possible Progress on Long-Delayed US Free-Trade Pacts 2011
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