committal

[ kuh-mit-l ]

/ kəˈmɪt l /

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noun

an act or instance of committing; commitment.

Origin of committal

First recorded in 1615–25; commit + -al²

OTHER WORDS FROM committal

self-com·mit·tal, noun

Words nearby committal

commissurotomy, commit, commitment, commitment ceremony, commitment fee, committal, committed, committed facility, committee, committeeman, Committee of Correspondence

Example sentences from the Web for committal

An offender is always liable to punishment whatever time may have elapsed since the committal of the offence.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
While the committal was being made out, Mr. Thurwell leaned over and whispered to him.
The New Tenant|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Since Ralph's committal their old friends had fought shy of them.
The Squire's Daughter|Silas K(itto) Hocking
The Darminster City bench sits to-day, and they want that unlucky child over there to make her deposition for his committal.'
The Two Sides of the Shield|Charlotte M. Yonge

The officer received the committal, and in half an hour our hero was locked up with felons of every description.
The Poacher|Frederick Marryat