Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commitment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commitment \Com*mit"ment\, n.
1. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or
trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
They were glad to compound for his bare commitment
to the Tower, whence he was within few days
enlarged. --Clarendon.
2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; --
more frequently termed a mittimus.
3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for
consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition
or a bill.
4. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or
blunder; commission.
5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing,
endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being
pledged or engaged. --Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commitment
n 1: the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man
of energy and commitment" [syn: {committedness}]
2: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally)
to a course of action; "his long commitment to public
service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: {allegiance},
{loyalty}, {dedication}]
3: an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;
"his business commitments took him to London"
4: a message that makes a pledge [syn: {dedication}]
5: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as
in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: {committal}, {consignment}]
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