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commitment definition

com·mit·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. a committing or being committed
  2. official consignment by court order of a person as to prison or a mental hospital
  3. a pledge or promise to do something
  4. dedication to a long-term course of action; engagement; involvement
  5. a financial liability undertaken, as an agreement to buy or sell securities
  6. the act of sending proposed legislation to a committee

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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