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

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Etymology

Origin of recommit

First recorded in 1615–25; re- + commit

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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

If we’re willing to reform ourselves—to listen, change and recommit to our core mission—we can again be a trusted engine of the American dream, scientific breakthroughs and the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 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

“We call on the studios to recommit to the communities and workers across the state that built this industry and built their companies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

States and cities that want to restore mobility, recommit to growth, and open themselves to new arrivals seeking opportunity can do so on their own, right now.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025

After a debate extending to June 27, a motion to recommit was rejected and the bill passed the House.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman

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

Brian Niccol, who was named Starbucks’ new chief executive last August, recommitted to working “constructively and in good faith” with the union.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Sources in Manchester suspect it was an upcoming headline on the use of powers over HS2 land along this route that forced the government's hand in recommitting to a plan of some sort.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 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

The usual expedient of recommitting both reports brought no relief from the deadlock.

From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay

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