(n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping,
or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
(n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; --
more frequently termed a mittimus.
(n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for
consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
(n.) A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime
or blunder; commission.
(n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing,
endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or
engaged.
