Committal

Origin

commit + -al (noun) or committee + -al (adjective)

Full definition of committal

Noun

1. The act of entrusting something to someone.
2. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
3. The act of perpetrating an offence.
4. The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Alternative forms

• commital

Related terms

• commit
• commitment
• noncommittal
• committal hearing

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a committee.