RECOMMIT

recommit

(verb) send back to a committee; “The bill was recommitted three times in the House”

recommit

(verb) commit again; “It was recommitted into her custody”

recommit

(verb) commit once again, as of a crime

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

recommit (third-person singular simple present recommits, present participle recommitting, simple past and past participle recommitted)

commit again

Source: Wiktionary


Re`com*mit" (-mt"), v. t.

Definition: To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 June 2025

DETENTION

(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”


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