committal

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/kəˈmɪtəl/ English

Definitions

noun

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

Of or relating to a committee.
Of or relating to commitment.

Related words

Synonyms

consignment commitment admission attendance referral appearance indictment remand incrimination arrival renvoi placement institutionalization custody order custodial

Associated

hearing proceedings magistrate contempt proceeding offence defendant warrant psychiatric procedure imprisonment dimension

Rhymes

belittle little acquittal whittle noncommittal hospital tittle smittle vittle psychiatric hospital

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