[kuh-mit] 
verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.| 1. | to give in trust or charge; consign. |
| 2. | to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory. |
| 3. | to pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.): Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself. |
| 4. | to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action. |
| 5. | to entrust, esp. for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God. |
| 6. | to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error. |
| 7. | to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory. |
| 8. | to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists. |
| 9. | to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames. |
| 10. | to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines. |
| 11. | Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration. |
| 12. | to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards. |
commit com·mit (kə-mĭt')
v. com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits
To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.