Synonyms for committal
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of entrusting something to someone.
- n. 2
The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
Related words
- Word family
- commit commitment
- Other spellings
- commital
Forms
- Plural
- committals → commitments, consignments, commissions, perpetrations…
Example sentences
- commission Rachel's going to be out of commission for a while.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| committal | falling | |
| commission | falling | |
| perpetration | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 10 letters
- commission3, commitment3
- 11 letters
- consignment3
- 12 letters
- perpetration
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (commission3 = 3 syllables).