Committal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Committal \Com*mit"tal\, n.
     The act of committing, or the state of being committed;
     commitment.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  committal
       n 1: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as
            in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: {commitment}, {consignment}]
       2: the act of committing a crime [syn: {perpetration}, {commission}]