committancen.
/kəˈmɪt(ə)ns/, U.S. /kəˈmɪt(ə)ns/ The action of commit v. (in various senses); committing, committal. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping
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1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) Ep. To Rdr. sig. C2 They were mercilesse magistrates vsing sudden and raging committance.
1615 E. Weston Triall Christian Truth (new ed.) xxviii. 196 Man hath no reason to dread the committance of anie sinne.
1672 T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline i. 188 Once a week give notice to the Provost-Martial-General of all the Prisoners within his charge, and of the cause of their committance.
1732 Foxe's Bk. Martyrs (rev. ed.) i. 52/2 This gross patience hath brought forth that fond phantasy of committance.
1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 8 Feb. 9/5 I would regard a committance of the bill to that committee a direct and effective blow to the merits of the bill.
1891 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 16 May 1/2 A paper on voluntary committance of the insane was read.
1967 Financial Times 6 May 4 The British case would most likely have to rest on grounds of negligence by the Captain of the tanker, rather than trespass, or the committance of a public nuisance.
2011 Daily Independent (Lagos) (Nexis) 2 Jan. The result is committance of crime with impunity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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