English noun: committal | |||
| 1. | committal (act) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | ||
| Synonyms | commitment, consignment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confinement | ||
| 2. | committal (act) the act of committing a crime | ||
| Synonyms | commission, perpetration | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense | ||