COMMITMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

commitment; committal; consignment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("commitment" 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 binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

Example:

they felt no loyalty to a losing team

Synonyms:

allegiance; commitment; dedication; loyalty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

cooperation (joint operation or action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commitment"):

communalism (loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole)

consecration (a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal))

devotion (commitment to some purpose)

enlistment (the act of enlisting (as in a military service))

faith (loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person)

Derivation:

commit (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An engagement by contract involving financial obligation

Example:

his business commitments took him to London

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

engagement; involution; involvement; participation (the act of sharing in the activities of a group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commitment"):

incurrence (the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable))

Derivation:

commit (make an investment)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

Example:

a man of energy and commitment

Synonyms:

commitment; committedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

earnestness; serious-mindedness; seriousness; sincerity (the trait of being serious)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commitment"):

investment (the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A message that makes a pledge

Synonyms:

commitment; dedication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commitment"):

oath; swearing (a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury)

affirmation ((religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds))

promise (a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future)

assurance; pledge (a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something)

Credits

Context examples:

You had Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, the Sun, and new moon eclipse in your seventh house of marriage and commitment.