Associations to the word «Committal»

Wiktionary

COMMITTAL, noun. The act of entrusting something to someone.
COMMITTAL, noun. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
COMMITTAL, noun. The act of perpetrating an offence.
COMMITTAL, noun. The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
COMMITTAL, adjective. Of or relating to a committee.
COMMITTAL HEARING, noun. (legal) A court case used to determine if a person must stand trial.

Dictionary definition

COMMITTAL, noun. The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital).
COMMITTAL, noun. The act of committing a crime.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke