Home › Words › C › committalcommittal/kəˈmɪtəl/committal means the act of entrusting something to someone.committal is pronounced /kəˈmɪtəl/.EtymologyFrom commit + -al.nounThe 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.adjOf or relating to a committee.Of or relating to commitment.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.commitment 79% match — The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:; The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. vs committal →committally 78% match — In a committal manner. vs committal →committing 78% match — The act by which something is committed. vs committal →committable 70% match — Capable of being committed. vs committal →entrustment 69% match — the act of entrusting vs committal →committedness 69% match — The state or condition of being committed; commitment. vs committal →committability 67% match — The quality of being committable. vs committal →compromitment 66% match — The act of compromitting. vs committal →