committal in English dictionary

  • committal

    Meanings and definitions of "committal"

    • The act of entrusting something to someone.
    • The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
    • The act of perpetrating an offence.
    • The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
    • adjective
      Of or relating to a committee.
    • noun
      The act of entrusting something to someone.
    • noun
      The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
    • noun
      The act of perpetrating an offence.
    • noun
      The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
    • noun
      the act of committing a crime
    • noun
      the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

    Synonyms of "committal" in English dictionary

    commission, confinement, commitment are the top synonyms of "committal" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of committal

    • committal ( plural  committals)
    • committal (not comparable)
    • committal (plural committals)
  • Committal

Sample sentences with "committal"

Available translations

Authors