Commitment vs. Dedication

Commitmentnoun

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Commitmentnoun

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

Commitmentnoun

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

Commitmentnoun

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Commitmentnoun

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Commitmentnoun

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

Commitmentnoun

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Commitmentnoun

Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.

Commitmentnoun

State of being pledged or engaged.

Commitmentnoun

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Commitmentnoun

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

Commitmentnoun

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

Commitmentnoun

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

Commitmentnoun

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

Commitmentnoun

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Commitmentnoun

the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

Commitmentnoun

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

Commitmentnoun

an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

Commitmentnoun

a message that makes a pledge

Commitmentnoun

the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Commitmentnoun

the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Commitmentnoun

a pledge or undertaking

Commitmentnoun

an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action

Dedicationnoun

(uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.

Dedicationnoun

(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.

Dedicationnoun

(countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.

Dedicationnoun

(legal) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.

Dedicationnoun

The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.

Dedicationnoun

A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.

Dedicationnoun

An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

Dedicationnoun

complete and wholehearted fidelity

Dedicationnoun

a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose

Dedicationnoun

a message that makes a pledge

Dedicationnoun

a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

Dedicationnoun

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

Dedicationnoun

the quality of being dedicated or committed to a task or purpose

Dedicationnoun

the action of dedicating a church or other building

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an inscription or form of words dedicating a building, book, etc. to a person or deity

Dedication

Dedication is the act of consecrating an altar, temple, church, or other sacred building. It also refers to the inscription of books or other artifacts when these are specifically addressed or presented to a particular person.