committal
noun
an act or instance of committing; commitment.
self-committal
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a word derived from
committal.
Example Sentences
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This fellow, Peer Gynt, wins the love of Solveig, a woman essentially whole-hearted, who has no dread of self-committal, who surrenders self.
From Adventures in Criticism by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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 D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley
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
O'Malley felt as though his decision was somehow an act of self-committal, almost grave.
From The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood
With little or no belief in the possibility of either, they stood shivering on the banks of the Rubicon, that mythical river of irretrievable self-committal, hesitating to enter its turbid waters.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various
