What does "commitment" mean?
Commitment: A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
Additional senses
- 2.The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
- 3.A doing, or preperation, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
- 4.The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. Hamilton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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