[
UK
/kəmˈɪtəl/
]
[ US /kəˈmɪtəɫ/ ]
[ US /kəˈmɪtəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the act of committing a crime
How To Use committal In A Sentence
- However, I took the risk of putting a hand close to a yowling muzzle and was greeted with a cold nose and a non-committal snuffle before the full-on baying started again.
- Pelosi was non-committal when asked about how much this would cost, saying more clarity will come from congressional hearings before and after the November 4th U.S. presidential election.
- The driver mumbled a non-committal reply.
- But in his usual noncommittal way he just shrugged and took another slow slurp of beer
- MTV sees an increasing number of youth as non-committal about their sexual preference, identifying with inherently transient labels like "questioning" or "bi-curious. Nick Shore: What Gaga & Minaj's Alter-Egos Say About the Shape-Shifting Millennial Generation
- We chatted noncommittally in the kitchen, neutral territory.
- Committal for trial is the determination of examining justices.
- The beauty of "Add to Cart" is that it is non-committal and assumes the user is still looking around.
- 'Billy, I think it's your turn to wash the dishes,' said Jane. A noncommittal grunt was his only reply.
- It will be followed by a private committal with the policeman's family and friends.
