committal
Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪtəl/
The English word “committal” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of entrusting something to someone.
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- The act of perpetrating an offence.
- The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
adjective
- Of or relating to a committee.
- Of or relating to commitment.
Etymology
From commit + -al.
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