# commitment

Pronunciation: US say "kuh-MIT-muhnt" /kəˈmɪtmənt/; UK

## Noun

1. A promise or agreement to do something at a future time.
   - Simple: A promise to do something later, like helping a friend or going to a meeting.
   - _The company honored its commitment to deliver the equipment by spring._
   - _Her commitment to call every Sunday meant a lot to her grandmother._
2. The state of being emotionally or intellectually bound to a person, a cause, or a course of action.
   - Simple: A strong feeling of being loyal to a person, a group, or a plan.
   - _Their commitment to each other survived years of long-distance separation._
   - _Nothing could shake his commitment to the environmental movement._
3. The state of being pledged or engaged, as when one's time, loyalty, or services are already promised.
   - Simple: The state of having already promised your time or your help to someone or something.
   - _His commitment to the firm prevented him from accepting outside consulting work._
   - _Once under commitment to the publisher, she had to deliver the manuscript by June._
4. The trait of showing sincerity and focused purpose in what one does.
   - Simple: The quality of caring deeply about what you do and working hard at it.
   - _Her commitment was obvious in the careful detail of every report._
   - _Building a startup demands commitment that few people can sustain._
5. The act of being confined in an institution, such as a jail or a hospital for the mentally ill.
   - Simple: The act of being locked away in a place such as a jail or a hospital for mental illness.
   - _Her commitment to the psychiatric facility stretched into its second year._
   - _During his commitment, he was allowed visitors only on Sundays._
6. The act of assuming a financial obligation that will come due at a future date.
   - Simple: A promise to pay money or to owe money at a later time.
   - _The city's commitment to fund the stadium stretched over twenty years._
   - _Before signing, review any commitment to future payments hidden in the contract._
7. The act or an instance of committing something or someone to another's charge, keeping, or trust.
   - Simple: The act of putting someone or something into another person's care or keeping.
   - _The will provided for the commitment of the estate to a trustee until the heirs came of age._
   - _Commitments of rare manuscripts to the archive's keeping are logged in a bound register._
8. The official act of consigning a person to prison or to a mental health institution.
   - Simple: An official order sending someone to prison or to a hospital for mental illness.
   - _The court ordered the defendant's commitment to a federal correctional facility._
   - _Two doctors certified the paperwork before her commitment to the psychiatric ward could proceed._
9. The act of perpetrating something, such as a crime or a mistake.
   - Simple: The act of doing something wrong, such as a crime or a serious mistake.
   - _Investigators traced the commitment of the fraud to a single employee._
   - _Repeated commitment of the same error pointed to a flaw in the training program._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The assignment of a proposed law to a legislative committee so its members can examine it.

## Origin

Formed from the verb "commit" combined with the suffix "-ment".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/commitment (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).