Definition of COMMITTAL

committal

Meanings

Plural: committals

Noun

  • the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
  • the act of committing a crime
  • The act of entrusting something to someone.
  • The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
  • The act of perpetrating an offence.
  • The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Adj

  • Of or relating to a committee.
  • Of or relating to commitment.

Origin / Etymology

From commit + -al.

Scrabble Score: 15

committal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
committal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
committal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

committal is a valid Words With Friends word