Meaning & use
commit
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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