COMMITTAL

perpetration, commission, committal

(noun) the act of committing a crime

commitment, committal, consignment

(noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

committal (countable and uncountable, plural committals)

The act of entrusting something to someone.

The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.

The act of perpetrating an offence.

The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Adjective

committal (not comparable)

Of or relating to a committee.

Of or relating to commitment.

Source: Wiktionary


Com*mit"tal, n.

Definition: The act of commiting, or the state of being committed; commitment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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