commitment

Definition

• n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
• n. an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
• n. a message that makes a pledge
• n. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Word forms

Plural

commitments

Example sentences

1. n.

   Her commitment to the charity helped raise a lot of money for the cause.

2. n.

   The patient was placed under commitment for his own safety.