commit

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commit Definition

• (v) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
• (v) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one''s talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
• (v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
• (v) confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general''s secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
• (v) make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

commit Synonyms

• charge
• commit
• confide
• consecrate
• dedicate
• devote
• entrust
• give
• institutionalise
• institutionalize
• intrust
• invest
• perpetrate
• place
• pull
• put
• send
• trust