self-committal
- a word derived from committal.
Example Sentences
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On the strength of this act of self-committal he obtained another delay of two years until August, 1227, agreeing that if he did not then start he should be ipso facto excommunicate.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)
O'Malley felt as though his decision was somehow an act of self-committal, almost grave.
From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon
The Captain, who may or may not have noted my anxiety, paid no heed either to my unfortunate self-committal or to the apologetic question with which I endeavoured to retrieve myself.
From One of My Sons by Green, Anna Katharine
The Spanish Government shrank from a decisive course, feared self-committal, promised aid, and to concede, on certain terms, the right of the United States to navigate the Mississippi.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Sue and Jude listened, and severally saw themselves in time past going through the same form of self-committal.
From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas
