committal

English Thesaurus

1. the act of committing a crime (noun.act)

hypernym	:	crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense,
definition	:	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act (noun.act)

2. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	confinement,
definition	:	the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them (noun.act)

3. the act of committing a crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	commit, perpetrate, pull,
definition	:	perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (verb.social)

4. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) (noun.act)

derivation	:	consign,
definition	:	commit forever; commit irrevocably (verb.possession)

derivation	:	charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send,
definition	:	cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution (verb.possession)

5. the act of committing a crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	commit, perpetrate, pull,
definition	:	perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (verb.social)

6. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) (noun.act)

derivation	:	consign,
definition	:	commit forever; commit irrevocably (verb.possession)

derivation	:	charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send,
definition	:	cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution (verb.possession)