committal

Plural: committals

Noun

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
• the act of committing a crime
• The act of entrusting something to someone.
• The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
• The act of perpetrating an offence.
• The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Adj

• Of or relating to a committee.
• Of or relating to commitment.

Synonyms

commission, commitment, consignment, perpetration

Related Words

commit, commitment, committal hearing, noncommittal