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COMMITTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does committal mean? 

COMMITTAL (noun)
  The noun COMMITTAL has 2 senses:

1. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)play

2. the act of committing a crimeplay

  Familiarity information: COMMITTAL used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMITTAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

commitment; committal; consignment

Hypernyms ("committal" is a kind of...):

confinement (the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them)

Derivation:

commit (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of committing a crime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

commission; committal; perpetration

Hypernyms ("committal" is a kind of...):

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Derivation:

commit (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)


 Context examples 


The other seemed to be judging him in a non-committal sort of way.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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