Meaning of commitment | Babel Free

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1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
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2. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
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3. Commitment, compromise.
4. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
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5. An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion:burden, charge, duty, imperative, must, need, obligation, responsibility.
6. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially
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7. obligation. She could not take the job because of family commitments. verpligtinge الْتِزام ангажимент compromisso závazek die Verpflichtung forpligtelse δέσμευση, υποχρέωσηcompromiso, obligación kohustus تعهد؛ قول sitoumus obligationמחויבות वादा obveza elkötelezettség kewajiban skuldbinding impegno 責任 일, 의무 pareiga, įsipareigojimas saistības tanggungan verplichtingforpliktelse, bindende avtalezobowiązanie اړتيا، مجبوريت، قيد تعهد compromisso obligaţie обязательство záväzok obveza obaveza åta...
8. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
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9. Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
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10. the act of committing (to an institution). toewysing, aanbeveling إحالَةٌ إلى سِجْن أو مُؤسَّسه поверяване internamento uvěznění die Bindung, die Verpflichtung indlæggelse; fængsling εγκλεισμός σε ίδρυμα κτλ. reclusión (kuhugi) toimetamine تعهد passitus internement הַעֲבָרָה לְמוֹסָד व्यक्ति को जेल या मानसिक अस्पताल में भेजना upućivanje rábízás pemasukan fangelsun; innilokun á hæli carcerazione; internamento 収容 수감 perdavimas nodošana; ieslodzīšana pemasukkan opname, gevangenzettingkjennelse p...
11. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
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12. pledged to do, or to support, something. He was committed to looking after his uncle; He is a committed socialist. betrokke, verbonde مُلْتَزِم بِ задължен empenhado zavázaný, angažovaný verpflichtet engagere sig ταγμένος comprometido, entregado pühendunud متعهد شده sitoutunut engagéמחויב वचनबद्ध, प्रतिबद्ध predan elkötelezett bersumpah skuldbundinn; staðfastur impegnato 献身した 약속한 pareigingas, atsidavęs nodevies; apsolījies; saistījies komited geëngageerd, toegewijdforpliktet, engasjert zobowi...
13. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
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14. obligación, compromiso.
15. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
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16. The act or an instance of committing, especially:a. The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.
17. State of being pledged or engaged.
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18. A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action: a public official's commitment to uphold the Constitution.
19. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
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20. The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person: a profound commitment to the family.
21. the act of committing or pledging
22. the state of being committed or pledged

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Examples

“Citizenship in the original Greek concept was not simply the granting of rights to do as one pleased; it also demanded a commitment to serve the interests of the many via personal sacrifice.”

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