Definition for Committal:

• Commitment: a pledge, actual or implied.

Synonyms for Committal:

• n.

  •
  • action,
  • court,
  • dissent,
  • case.
  •
  • jail,
  • intern,
  • put away,
  • institutionalize,
  • lock away,
  • incarcerate,
  • hold someone for ransom,
  • detain,
  • commit,
  • imprison.
  •act (noun)
  • committal.
  •captivity (noun)
  • custody,
  • enslavement,
  • bondage,
  • duress,
  • confinement,
  • enthrallment,
  • constraint,
  • incarceration,
  • imprisonment,
  • entombment,
  • restraint,
  • slavery,
  • limbo,
  • servitude.
  •charge (noun)
  • office,
  • responsibility,
  • care,
  • onus,
  • safekeeping,
  • trust,
  • tax,
  • right,
  • weight,
  • ward,
  • obligation,
  • task,
  • concern.
  •commission (noun)
  • commission.
  •commitment (noun)
  • liability,
  • pledge,
  • engagement,
  • undertaking,
  • word,
  • guarantee,
  • promise,
  • vow.
  •committal (noun)
  • perpetration.
  •consignment (noun)
  • distribution,
  • assignment,
  • dispatch.
  •delegation (noun)
  • conveying,
  • transferences,
  • investiture,
  • ordination,
  • Transferring,
  • authorization,
  • nomination,
  • devolution,
  • transference,
  • appointment,
  • commissionings,
  • deputation,
  • giving over,
  • deputization,
  • entrustments,
  • deputizing,
  • Referring,
  • sending away,
  • submittal,
  • reference,
  • commissioning,
  • entrustment,
  • mandate,
  • Consigning,
  • apportioning,
  • installation,
  • conveyance,
  • transferal,
  • Submitting.
  •duty (noun)
  • contract,
  • chore,
  • business,
  • DUES,
  • string,
  • trouble,
  • hook,
  • occupation,
  • province,
  • calling,
  • service,
  • taking care of business,
  • work,
  • part,
  • station,
  • burden,
  • role,
  • job,
  • function,
  • load,
  • pains,
  • minding the store,
  • mission.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • appeal,
  • court-martial,
  • due process,
  • legal action,
  • test case,
  • legal aid,
  • lawsuit,
  • class action,
  • show trial,
  • plea bargaining,
  • paternity suit,
  • retrial,
  • incriminate,
  • right of appeal,
  • cause,
  • remand,
  • docket,
  • submission,
  • inquest,
  • open-and-shut case,
  • hearing,
  • litigation,
  • mistrial,
  • proceedings.
  •
  • initiate,
  • precedent,
  • trial,
  • practice.
  •
  • suit,
  • interfere with.

Paraphrases for Committal:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    custodial, pre-trial, correctional, preliminary, referral, pretrial, prosecutorial, wreath-laying, depositional, processing, cross-referenced, remand.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    incarceration, Institutionalization, imprisonment, referral, dismissal, appearance, remand.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    internment, confinement.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    internment, confinement.

Antonyms for Committal:

• n.

  • captivity
    license, liberty, freedom, liberation, independence.
  • charge
    distrust, exculpation, benefit, freeing, retreat, disregard, exoneration, irresponsibility.
  • commitment
    broken promise, refusal, breach, denial, break.
  • consignment
    retention, holding, keeping.
  • duty
    entertainment, fun, advantage, faithlessness, hobby, surrender, pastime, help, unemployment, treachery, blessing, inconstancy, aid.
  • need
    have, luxury, comfort, plenty, wealth, fortune, nonessential, riches.
  • obligation
    asset, disbelief, misunderstanding, disagreement.

Committal Sentence Examples:

• Peggy murmured a few non - committal words, and Rosalind floated away, restored to complacency by the contrast between the prospect of her own wedding and that of poor old Esther.

• But McNish kept his face gravely non - committal, wondering how it was that this important bit of news had not reached him.

Hyponym for Committal:

• n.

  • act
    confinement.