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

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

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

She stood like any statue done in cold Carrara while he spoke; and when she made no sign he gave the word to recommit me.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

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

Corrections & Amplifications 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

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

“Not if they’re recommitting almost the exact violation,” Leffel said.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 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