COMMITTAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of committing a crime

Synonyms:

commission; committal; perpetration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

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 ("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)