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–noun

an act or instance of committing; commitment.

[Origin: 1615–25; commit + -al²

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n.

The act of entrusting: committal of the property to an attorney.
The act or an instance of committing to confinement.
The act of pledging oneself to a particular view or position: articulated her strong committal to world peace.

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committal
noun
1.	the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment]
2.	the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration]

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comˈmittal noun

the act of committing (to an institution)

Arabic:	إحالَةٌ إلى سِجْن أو مُؤسَّسه
Chinese (Simplified):	关押
Chinese (Traditional):	關押
Czech:	uvěznění
Danish:	indlæggelse; fængsling
Dutch:	opname, gevangenzetting
Estonian:	(kuhugi) toimetamine
Finnish:	passitus
French:	internement
German:	die Bindung, die Verpflichtung
Greek:	εγκλεισμός σε ίδρυμα κτλ.
Hungarian:	rábízás
Icelandic:	fangelsun; innilokun á hæli
Indonesian:	pemasukan
Italian:	carcerazione; internamento

Japanese:	収容
Korean:	수용; 투옥
Latvian:	nodošana; ieslodzīšana
Lithuanian:	perdavimas
Norwegian:	(fengslings-, *innleggings)kjennelse
Polish:	powierzenie
Portuguese (Brazil):	internamento
Portuguese (Portugal):	internamento
Romanian:	arestare; internare
Russian:	помещение; заключение
Slovak:	uväznenie
Slovenian:	izročitev
Spanish:	reclusión
Swedish:	överlämnande, häktning
Turkish:	hapse atma, akıl hastanesine kapatma (işi)