committal

English

/kəˈmɪtəl/

noun
Definitions
  • The act of entrusting something to someone.
  • The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
  • The act of perpetrating an offence.
  • The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Etymology

Suffix from English commit, committee.

Origin

English

committee

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