committing

/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
The act by which something is committed.

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