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commitment

noun
/kəˈmɪtmənt//kəˈmɪtmɪnt/CA

Etymology

From commit + -ment.

  1. derived from committō
  2. inherited from committen
  3. suffixed as commitment — “commit + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially

    The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

  2. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially

  3. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or…

    Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

      • Citizenship in the original Greek concept was not simply the granting of rights to do as one pleased; it also demanded a commitment to serve the interests of the many via personal sacrifice.

    2. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.

    3. State of being pledged or engaged.

    4. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

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Derived

acceptance and commitment therapy, commitmentless, commitment-phobe, commitmentphobia, commitment-phobic, commitmentphobic, commitment ring, decommitment, noncommitment, overcommitment, precommitment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at commitment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01commitment02keeping03harmony04pleasing05agreeable06willing07ready08moment09importance10note

A definitional loop anchored at commitment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at commitment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA