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 | ||