commitment
commitment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is commitment.
- What is a warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus called?
- What is the act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill called?
- What is a doing, or preperation, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission called?
- What is the act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. Hamilton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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