Antonyms for commitment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-mit-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɪt mənt

Definition of commitment

Origin : 1610s, "action of officially consigning to the custody of the state," from commit + -ment. (Anglo-French had commettement.) Meaning "the committing of oneself, pledge, promise" is attested from 1793; hence, "an obligation, an engagement" (1864).

noun assurance; obligation

Example sentences :

America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

And this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Commitment: This term is used referring to a purchase of stock.
Extract from : « Successful Stock Speculation » by John James Butler

The instrument bore the date of Champney Googe's commitment.
Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller

In the confusion, he offered to draw the warrant for his own commitment.
Extract from : « Atrocious Judges » by John Campbell, Baron Campbell

The commitment of the petition, on that ground, cannot be contended.
Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton

I still called to have the mittimus read; for that signified the cause of my commitment.
Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox

Returning to the office, he looked at the commitment, and then again at Manuel.
Extract from : « Manuel Pereira » by F. C. Adams

The behaviour of Gow from his first commitment was reserved and morose.
Extract from : « The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 » by Camden Pelham

Mr. Frazier signed my commitment too, pretending to be a cousin.
Extract from : « The Mystery of the Fires » by Edith Lavell

Synonyms for commitment

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