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commitment - 5 dictionary results

com⋅mit⋅ment

[kuh-mit-muhnt]
–noun
1. the act of committing.
2. the state of being committed.
3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.
4. a pledge or promise; obligation: We have made a commitment to pay our bills on time.
5. engagement; involvement: They have a sincere commitment to religion.
6. perpetration or commission, as of a crime.
7. consignment, as to prison.
8. confinement to a mental institution or hospital: The psychiatrist recommended commitment.
9. an order, as by a court or judge, confining a person to a mental institution or hospital.
10. Law. a written order of a court directing that someone be confined in prison; mittimus.
11. Parliamentary Procedure. the act of referring or entrusting to a committee for consideration.
12. Stock Exchange.
a. an agreement to buy or sell securities.
b. a sale or purchase of securities.
Also, committal (for defs. 1, 3–11).


Origin:
1605–15; commit + -ment
com·mit·ment   (kə-mĭt'mənt)   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of committing, especially:
    1. The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.
    2. Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.
    3. A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.
    4. A pledge to do.
    5. Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
    1. A pledge to do.
    2. Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
  2. The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons: a deep commitment to liberal policies; a profound commitment to the family.

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.
Language Translation for : commitment
Spanish: compromiso, obligación,
German: die Verpflichtung,
Japanese: 責任

Main Entry: commitment
Function: noun
1 : an act of committing: as a : placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital commitment> —compare INCOMPETENT, INTERDICTION
NOTE: Commitment to a mental health facility is called civil commitment when it is not part of a criminal proceeding. Civil commitment proceedings are initiated by the patient, in the case of voluntary commitment, or by someone (as a family member or government agent) authorized by statute to petition for the patient's involuntary commitment. Some form of a hearing and periodic review is required in involuntary commitment proceedings. A criminal defendant may be committed to a mental hospital as a result of being found incompetent to stand trial, not guilty by reason of insanity, or incompetent to be sentenced. b : an act of referring a matter to a legislative committee c : a warrant committing someone to a prison
2 : an agreement or promise to do something in the future; especially : a promise to assume a financial obligation at a future date commitments>

Main Entry: com·mit·ment
Pronunciation: k&-'mit-m&nt
Function: noun
: a consignment to a penal or mental institution
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