recommit
Americanverb
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to send (a bill) back to a committee for further consideration
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to commit again
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of recommit
Explanation
To recommit is to make a promise again, like when you recommit yourself to serving your Girl Scout troop by selling loads of cookies. It can also mean to carry out a crime for a subsequent time (something a Girl Scout would never do). When you recommit to cleaning your guinea pig's cage daily, you swear that you'll get back on a regular cleaning schedule. When you and your friends paint graffiti on your neighbor's garage two days in a row, you recommit the crime of vandalism. The prefix re- tells you that this verb is describing repeated or recurring action.
Example Sentences
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Oil shocks and heightened geopolitical tensions have reignited a familiar debate about whether policymakers should formally raise their inflation targets or simply take a mulligan and recommit.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
To recommit to ideals that have made a strong liberal arts education foundational to American democracy: critical thinking, dialogue, pluralism, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Hsueh said that, until volatility declines or the Fed actually cuts rates, these investors will be reluctant to recommit funds to gold ETFs.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
“And I urge leaders up and down the state to review the data and resources available and recommit to standing united against hate.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
When the report has been received, whether it has been read or not, the committee is thereby dissolved, and can act no more without it is revived by a vote to recommit.
From Robert's Rules of Order Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies by Robert, Henry M.
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