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[ kuh-mit-l ] / kəˈmɪt l / SEE SYNONYMS FOR committal ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan act or instance of committing; commitment. Origin of committalFirst recorded in 1615–25; commit + -al2 OTHER WORDS FROM committalself-com·mit·tal, nounWords nearby committalcommissurotomy, commit, commitment, commitment ceremony, commitment fee, committal, committed, committed facility, committee, committeeman, Committee of Correspondence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for committalAn 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
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