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(1):
(n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
(2):
(n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
(3):
(n.) A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
(4):
(n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
(5):
(n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.