Commitment and Resolution

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.

noun

• A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote.
  • synonyms: declaration, resolve
• The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together.
  • synonyms: resolving power
• The trait of being resolute.
  • usage: "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
  • synonyms: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve
• Finding a solution to a problem.
  • synonyms: solving
• Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.
  • usage: "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
  • synonyms: settlement, closure
• Analysis into clear-cut components.
  • synonyms: resolving
• Computer science. ( the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture)
• The subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung. )
• Music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord. (
• A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
  • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • synonyms: solution, answer, result, solvent
• A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner.
  • usage: "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions"

• (n.) The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
• (n.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
• (n.) That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.
• (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor or the like.
• (n.) The act, operation or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.
• (n.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.
• (n.) The state of being resolved, settled or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
• (n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation.

Resolution is a document that records a decision or action by a Board of Directors, or a bond resolution by a government entity authorizing a bond issue.

(DoD) A measurement of the smallest detail that can be distinguished by a sensor system under specific conditions.
(DoD) A formal expression of an official body such as Congress, the United Nations Security Council, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Atlantic Committee that may provide the basis for or set limits on a military operation.