Meaning & use

commit

verb·Everyday

To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action, or to carry out a wrongful or criminal act.

See it in a sentence

She committed to finishing the marathon despite the pain in her knee.

The suspect was accused of committing the robbery downtown.

A note on using this word

In software development, "commit" means to save a set of changes to a version control repository, a specialized technical sense.

Words with a similar meaning

pledgeperpetrate

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