Commitment vs. Obligation
Commitmentnoun
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
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The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
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Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
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Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
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Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
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Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
Commitmentnoun
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
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Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
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State of being pledged or engaged.
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The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
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The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
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A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.
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The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
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A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
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The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
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the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;
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the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;
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an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;
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a message that makes a pledge
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the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
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the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.
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a pledge or undertaking
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an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action
Obligationnoun
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
Obligationnoun
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
Obligationnoun
A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
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(legal) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.
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The act of obligating.
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That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.
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Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
Obligationnoun
The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; - often used with under to indicate being in that state; as, to place others under obligations to one.
Obligationnoun
A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
Obligationnoun
the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;
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the state of being obligated to do or pay something;
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a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
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a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
Obligation
An obligation is a course of action that someone is required to take, whether legal or moral. Obligations are constraints; they limit freedom.
