Commitment and Committed

noun

• The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.
  • usage: "a man of energy and commitment"
  • synonyms: committedness
• The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.
  • usage: "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
  • synonyms: allegiance, loyalty, dedication
• An engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
  • usage: "his business commitments took him to London"
• A message that makes a pledge.
  • synonyms: dedication
• The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital. ).
  • synonyms: committal, consignment

• (n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
• (n.) The act of committing or putting in charge, keeping or trust; consignment; especially, the act of committing to prison.
• (n.) A doing or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
• (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
• (n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Commitment is a promise by a lender to make a loan on specific terms or conditions to a borrower or builder. A promise by an investor to purchase mortgages from a lender with specific terms or conditions. An agreement, often in writing, between a lender and a borrower to loan money at a future date subject to the completion of paper work or compliance with stated conditions.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, commit, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, commit, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: commit, practice

adjective

• Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude.
  • usage: "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist"
• Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
  • synonyms: attached