committal

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈmɪtəl/

Noun

committal

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.

Related terms

• commit
• commitment
• noncommittal
• committal hearing

Adjective

committal (not comparable)

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

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