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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:commitmentWikipedia

Etymology

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From commit +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kəˈmɪtmənt/
• (Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈmɪtmɪnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: com‧mit‧ment

Noun

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commitment (countable and uncountable, plural commitments)

1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
   1. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
   2. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
2. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
   1. Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
3. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
4. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
   • 2020 November 23, Charles Hugh Smith, Why I'm Hopeful About 2021‎[1]: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.
5. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
6. State of being pledged or engaged.
7. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Synonyms

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• allegiance
• charge
• committal
• consignment
• dedication
• devoir
• duty
• engagement
• guarantee
• liability
• loyalty
• must
• need
• oath
• obligation
• ought
• pledge
• promise
• responsibility
• undertaking
• vow
• word

Derived terms

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• acceptance and commitment therapy
• commitmentless
• commitment-phobe
• commitmentphobia
• commitment-phobic
• commitmentphobic
• commitment ring
• decommitment
• noncommitment
• overcommitment
• precommitment

Related terms

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• commit
• committal
• noncommittal

Descendants

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• → Portuguese: cometimento

Translations

[edit] act or instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust

Belarusian: абавяза́цельства (be) n (abavjazácjelʹstva) Bulgarian: обвързване (bg) n (obvǎrzvane), ангажимент (bg) m (angažiment) Catalan: compromís (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 託付 / 托付 (zh) (tuōfù) Dutch: inzet (nl) m, verbintenis (nl) m Finnish: sitouttaminen, velvoittaminen (fi) German: Einsatz (de) m, Engagement (de) n, Zusage (de) f Hebrew: התחייבות f (hitkhayvút) Hindi: प्रतिबद्धता (hi) f (pratibaddhatā) Indonesian: komitmen (id) Italian: impegno (it) m, dedizione (it) f Malay: iltizam Māori: rurukutanga Norwegian: Bokmål: overlatelse m Nynorsk: overlating f Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m, cometimento (pt) m Russian: вруче́ние (ru) n (vručénije) Spanish: compromiso (es) m

act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review

Finnish: lähettäminen (fi)

official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution

Catalan: internament m Finnish: tuomio (fi), vankilatuomio (fi) Hebrew: אשפוז (he) m (ishpúz)

promise or agreement to do something in the future

Arabic: التزام Azerbaijani: öhdəlik Bulgarian: обещание (bg) n (obeštanie) Catalan: compromís (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 承諾 / 承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò) Dutch: verbintenis (nl) f, verplichting (nl) f Esperanto: (please verify) sindevigo, (please verify) obligacio Finnish: sitoumus (fi) French: engagement (fr) m German: Verbindlichkeit (de) f, Obligo (de) n, Verpflichtung (de) f, Zusage (de) f Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuyavút), התחייבות f (hitkhayvút) Hindi: प्रतिबद्धता (hi) f (pratibaddhatā), आश्वासन (hi) m (āśvāsan) Indonesian: komitmen (id) Italian: impegno (it) m, promessa (it) f Norwegian: Bokmål: forpliktelse (no) m Nynorsk: forplikting f Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m, promessa (pt) f Russian: обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo), обеща́ние (ru) n (obeščánije) Spanish: compromiso (es) m, promesa (es) f, acuerdo (es) m Swedish: åtagande (sv) Ukrainian: зобов'я́зання n (zobovʺjázannja)

act of assuming a financial obligation

Esperanto: (please verify) obligacio Finnish: sitoutuminen (fi) Hebrew: התחייבות f (hitkhayvút)

being bound emotionally/intellectually

Belarusian: прыхі́льнасць f (pryxílʹnascʹ), абавяза́цельства (be) n (abavjazácjelʹstva) Bulgarian: обвързаност n (obvǎrzanost) Chinese: Mandarin: 承諾 / 承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò) Dutch: verbintenis (nl) f Finnish: sitoutuminen (fi) French: engagement (fr) m German: Hingabe (de) f, Engagement (de) n Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuyavút) Hindi: प्रतिबद्धता (hi) f (pratibaddhatā) Italian: impegno (it) m, promessa (it) f Māori: ngākaunui, herenga, ruruku Norwegian: engasjement (no) n Polish: zobowiązanie (pl) n Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m Russian: приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ), обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo) Swedish: engagemang (sv) n Ukrainian: прихи́льність (uk) f (pryxýlʹnistʹ), зобов'я́зання n (zobovʺjázannja), зобов'яза́ння n (zobovʺjazánnja)

perpetration, as in crime or a mistake

Bulgarian: извършване (bg) n (izvǎršvane) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: syyllistyminen (fi), syyllisyys (fi) (+ illative) German: Engagement (de) n Hebrew: ביצוע (he) m (bitsúa) Russian: соверше́ние (ru) n (soveršénije)

state of being pledged or engaged

Chinese: Mandarin: 保證 / 保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng) Dutch: engagement (nl) n Esperanto: sindevontigo Finnish: sitoutuminen (fi), sitoutuneisuus German: Bindung (de) f, Engagement (de) n Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuyavút) Norwegian: Bokmål: forpliktelse (no) m Nynorsk: forplikting f Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m Russian: приве́рженность (ru) f (privéržennostʹ), обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo)

trait of sincerity and focused purpose

Chinese: Mandarin: 信奉 (zh) (xìnfèng) Finnish: sitoutuneisuus German: Einstandspflicht f, Engagement (de) n, Standfestigkeit (übertragen) f Hebrew: מחויבות (he) f (mekhuyavút) Italian: serietà (it) f, dedizione (it) f Māori: ruruku, ngākau titikaha Norwegian: Bokmål: engasjement (no) n, forpliktelse (no) m Nynorsk: engasjement (no) n, forplikting f Portuguese: engajamento (pt) Sanskrit: अरमति (sa) f (aramati) Swedish: engagemang (sv)

act of being locked away

Finnish: vangitseminen (fi) (jail); sulkeminen (fi) German: Einweisung (de) f, Wegsperrung f Norwegian: Bokmål: tvangsinnleggelse m, tvangsinnlegging c (in a mental hospital) Nynorsk: tvangsinnlegging f (in a mental hospital) Russian: заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)

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Japanese: (please verify) 委任 (ja) (いにん, inin), (please verify) 責任 (ja) (せきにん, sekinin) Persian: (please verify) پایبندی (pie-bandi), (please verify) قول (fa), (please verify) تعهد (fa)

Further reading

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• “commitment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “commitment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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