commission
noun
the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
commissive
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a word derived from
commission.
Example Sentences
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I. I believe that I am a free-agent, inasmuch as, and so far as, I have a will, which renders me justly responsible for my actions, omissive as well as commissive.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
