"committal" meaning in English

See committal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more committal [comparative], most committal [superlative]
Etymology: committee + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|committee|al}} committee + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} committal (not generally comparable, comparative more committal, superlative most committal)
  1. Of or relating to a committee. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-committal-en-adj-~cGGf-4h
  2. Of or relating to commitment. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-committal-en-adj-u~8BA826
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /kəˈmɪtəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-committal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: committals [plural]
Etymology: commit + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|commit|al}} commit + -al Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} committal (countable and uncountable, plural committals)
  1. The act of entrusting something to someone. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-committal-en-noun-SWWVuxHU
  2. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-committal-en-noun-e8QoBBAt
  3. The act of perpetrating an offence. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-committal-en-noun-RdjZuIN~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 22 21 32 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 7 3 15 19 34 23
  4. The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of putting a body into a grave): inhumación [feminine] (Galician), soterramento [masculine] (Galician), enterramento [masculine] (Galician), tanumanga (Maori), traddodiant [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-committal-en-noun-lr4Oqpx8 Disambiguation of 'the act of putting a body into a grave': 23 22 24 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: commital Related terms: commit, commitment, noncommittal, committal hearing
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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