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committal

/kəˈmɪtəl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of entrusting something to someone.
  2. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
  3. The act of perpetrating an offence.
  4. The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
  5. Of or relating to a committee.
  6. Of or relating to commitment.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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