Engagement vs. Commitment

Engagementnoun

(countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.

Engagementnoun

(uncountable) Connection or attachment.

Engagementnoun

The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.

Engagementnoun

The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.

Engagementnoun

In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

Engagementnoun

The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.

Engagementnoun

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

Engagementnoun

The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

Engagementnoun

That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

Engagementnoun

An action; a fight; a battle.

Engagementnoun

The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

Engagementnoun

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

Engagementnoun

a meeting arranged in advance;

Engagementnoun

a mutual promise to marry

Engagementnoun

the act of giving someone a job

Engagementnoun

employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time;

Engagementnoun

contact by fitting together;

Engagementnoun

the act of sharing in the activities of a group;

Engagement

An engagement or betrothal is the period of time between a marriage proposal and the marriage itself (which is typically but not always commenced with a wedding). During this period, a couple is said to be fiancés (from the French), betrothed, intended, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged.

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