Com*mit"ment (?), n.
1. The act of committing, or putting in
charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of
committing to prison.
They were glad to compound for his bare
commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days
enlarged.
Clarendon.
2. A warrant or order for the
imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a
mittimus.
3. The act of referring or intrusting to
a committee for consideration and report; as, the
commitment of a petition or a bill.
4. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad
sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
5. The act of pledging or engaging; the
act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of
being pledged or engaged. Hamilton.