committal

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of entrusting something to someone.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of perpetrating an offence.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) Of or relating to a committee.
2. (not-comparable, usually) Of or relating to commitment.

Synonyms

commitment

consignment

commission

perpetration

burial

interment

referral

Translations

commission

Übergabe

emprisonnement

Einlieferung

incarcération

Verpflichtung

Einweisung

Verüben

reclusió

Überweisen

Inhaftierung

ανάθεση

perpetració

engagement

consumació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈmɪtəl/

Etymology

From commit + -al.