ALL meanings of committing
com·mit
C c - verb with object committing to give in trust or charge; consign. 1
- verb with object committing to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory. 1
- verb with object committing to pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.): Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself. 1
- verb with object committing to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action. 1
- verb with object committing to entrust, especially for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God. 1
- verb with object committing to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error. 1
- verb with object committing to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory. 1
- verb with object committing to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists. 1
- verb with object committing to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames. 1
- verb with object committing to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines. 1
- verb with object committing Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration. 1
- verb without object committing to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards. 1
- noun committing Present participle of commit. 1