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recommittal

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re⋅com⋅mit

  [ree-kuh-mit]
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–verb (used with object), -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
1. to commit again.
2. to refer again to a committee.
Origin:
1615–25; re + commit

Related forms:
re⋅com⋅mit⋅ment, re⋅com⋅mit⋅tal, noun
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re·com·mit   (rē'kə-mĭt')   
tr.v.   re·com·mit·ted, re·com·mit·ting, re·com·mits

  1. To commit again.

  2. To refer (proposed legislation, for example) to a committee again.

re'com·mit'ment, re'com·mit'tal (-mĭt'l) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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