Commitment

Commitment means to show loyalty, duty or pledge to something or someone, and can refer to.

• the act of committing.
• the state of being committed.
• the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.
• a pledge or promise; obligation: We have made a commitment to pay our bills on time.
• engagement; involvement: They have a sincere commitment to religion.
• perpetration or commission, as of a crime.
• consignment, as to prison.
• confinement to a mental institution or hospital: The psychiatrist recommended commitment.
• an order, as by a court or judge, confining a person to a mental institution or hospital.
• Law. a written order of a court directing that someone be confined in prison; mittimus.
• Parliamentary Procedure. the act of referring or entrusting to a committee for consideration.