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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)
2. the act of committing a crime
Familiarity information: COMMITTAL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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