committal
The act of entrusting something to someoneThe act of entrusting something to someone.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of entrusting something to someone.
the act of committing a crime
(countable, uncountable)The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
(countable, uncountable)The act of perpetrating an offence.
(countable, uncountable)The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
Beisetzung, Bestattung
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: committalsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital):commitmentconsignment
- the act of committing a crime:perpetrationcommission
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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