recommit

American  

[ree-kuh-mit] / ˌri kəˈmɪt /

verb (used with object)

recommitted, recommitting

1. to commit again.

2. to refer again to a committee.

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recommit British  

/ ˌriːkəˈmɪt /

verb

1. to send (a bill) back to a committee for further consideration

2. to commit again

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Other Word Forms

• recommitment
  noun
• recommittal
  noun

Etymology

Origin of recommit

First recorded in 1615–25; re- + commit

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

See Examples For:

recommit recommitted recommitting

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

“We will greet those heroes at Dover and their sacrifice will only recommit us to the resolve of this mission.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 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

It is to recommit the government of India to the Court of Directors.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

On Wednesday, Fed Chair Warsh recommitted to the central bank's two-percent target for inflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Moreover, in the first meeting under Warsh, Gavekal observed that the Federal Open Market Committee recommitted to price stability and its inflation target of 2% per year.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

To date, 69 countries have recommitted to reducing their emissions in what are known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

Before the Lakers’ opener Tuesday, a game they won with precision and execution more than they did with shot-making, Redick recommitted to separating the work from the results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

For starters, I recommitted myself to being healthy.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

This column has long maintained that a major operation to wrest control of the Persian Gulf would be recommitting to a strategic past that accorded excessive primacy to the Gulf and its oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

In her fondest hopes, the commemoration of Global Beatles Day presents an annual opportunity for recommitting ourselves to the band’s ideals, which McCartney sagely explained in the “Anthology” documentary series.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Friendship is particularly meaningful because it’s a relationship you’re constantly recommitting to — reupping.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

But most important for anyone recommitting capital will be whether Putin and his successors have learned the wrong lessons from their war in Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

A proposal for recommitting this resolution was negatived by 240 votes to 133.—Journals of the House of Commons.

From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Franklin, Benjamin