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<OL><LI><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/promise" title="promise" dir="ltr">Promise</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agreement" title="agreement" dir="ltr">agreement</a> to do something in the future, especially:
<OL><LI>Act of assuming a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/financial" title="financial" dir="ltr">financial</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obligation" title="obligation" dir="ltr">obligation</a> at a future date.</LI></OL></LI><LI>Being bound <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emotionally" title="emotionally" dir="ltr">emotionally</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intellectually" title="intellectually" dir="ltr">intellectually</a> to a course of action or to another person or persons.</LI><LI>The <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trait" title="trait" dir="ltr">trait</a> of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sincerity" title="sincerity" dir="ltr">sincerity</a> and focused purpose.
<span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">quotations&nbsp;▼</a></span></LI><LI><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perpetration" title="perpetration" dir="ltr">Perpetration</a> as in a crime or mistake.</LI><LI>State of being <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pledge" title="pledge" dir="ltr">pledged</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/engaged" title="engaged" dir="ltr">engaged</a>.</LI><LI>The act of being <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lock_away" title="lock away" dir="ltr">locked away</a>, such as in an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/institution" title="institution" dir="ltr">institution</a> for the mentally ill or in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jail" title="jail" dir="ltr">jail</a>.</LI></OL><h4><span>Synonyms</span></h4><dd><i dir="ltr">The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates <code dir="ltr">{{<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Template:syn" title="Template:syn" dir="ltr">syn</a>|en|...}}</code> or <code dir="ltr">{{<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Template:ant" title="Template:ant" dir="ltr">ant</a>|en|...}}</code>.</i></dd><h4><span>Translations</span></h4><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>act or instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>promise or agreement to do something in the future</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>act of assuming a financial obligation</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>being bound emotionally/intellectually</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>perpetration, as in crime or a mistake</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>state of being pledged or engaged</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>trait of sincerity and focused purpose</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commitment#" title="Edit table heading" dir="ltr">±</a><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>act of being locked away</div><dd><i dir="ltr">The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout" dir="ltr">Wiktionary:Entry layout §&nbsp;Translations</a>.</i></dd><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><a role="button" tabindex="0" dir="ltr">show ▼</a></span>Translations to be checked</div><h3><span>Further reading</span></h3><UL><LI>“<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.websters1913.com/words/Commitment" dir="ltr">commitment</a>” in <i dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Webster%27s_Dictionary,_1913" title="Wiktionary:Webster's Dictionary, 1913" dir="ltr">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></i>, G. &amp; C. Merriam, 1913.</LI><LI>“<a rel="nofollow" href="http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=commitment&amp;type=dicts" dir="ltr">commitment</a>” in <i dir="ltr">The Century Dictionary</i>, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.</LI></UL>

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<ol><li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/promise">Promise </a>or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agreement">agreement </a>to do something in the future, especially: <ol><li>Act of assuming a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/financial">financial </a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obligation">obligation </a>at a future date. </li> </ol> </li><li>Being bound <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emotionally">emotionally </a>or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intellectually">intellectually </a>to a course of action or to another person or persons. </li><li>The <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trait">trait </a>of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sincerity">sincerity </a>and focused purpose. <span><a>quotations ▼ </a> </span> </li><li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perpetration">Perpetration </a>as in a crime or mistake. </li><li>State of being <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pledge">pledged </a>or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/engaged">engaged </a>. </li><li>The act of being <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lock_away">locked away </a>, such as in an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/institution">institution </a>for the mentally ill or in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jail">jail </a>. </li> </ol>

<ul><li>“<a href="https://www.websters1913.com/words/Commitment">commitment </a>” in <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Webster%27s_Dictionary,_1913">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary </a> </i>, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. </li><li>“<a href="http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=commitment&type=dicts">commitment </a>” in <i>The Century Dictionary </i>, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. </li> </ul>

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