recommit
verb
re·com·mit
ˌrē-kə-ˈmit 
recommitted; recommitting; recommits
1
: to refer (something, such as a bill) back to a committee
2
: to entrust or consign again
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Some signers see an urgency in the call to recommit to democratic norms as Trump fights felony charges stemming from efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and leaders of the Jan. 6 attack on Congress head to prison.
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Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
Delicate questions have yet to be worked out between Saudi Arabia and Israel – chiefly the Saudis’ reported insistence that Israel’s far-right government recommit to the idea of an eventual two-state agreement with the Palestinians.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
Frank Smith [The march] enabled me to go back and recommit myself to stand down there, for another four or five years.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
Senior Biden administration officials said returning to UNESCO fits President Biden’s goal of strengthening global partnerships and recommitting to American leadership at the UN and other international organizations to serve as a counter to nations that do not share US values.
—Darlene Superville, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
Tibbs committed to the Boilermakers at the end of June and recommitted after the coaching change from Jeff Brohm to Ryan Walters.
—The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
This is provided for in the Oslo accords, to which the Netanyahu government recommitted Israel in the Aqaba Joint Communique in February 2023.
—Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Supervisor Hilda Solis marked the anniversary of the 1943 attacks Tuesday by introducing a motion denouncing the devastation from the riots and recommitting to fighting racial discrimination.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
This is why President Biden has recommitted himself to fighting for women's access to have the full range of reproductive health care.
—ABC News, 25 June 2023
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Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
Delicate questions have yet to be worked out between Saudi Arabia and Israel – chiefly the Saudis’ reported insistence that Israel’s far-right government recommit to the idea of an eventual two-state agreement with the Palestinians.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
Frank Smith [The march] enabled me to go back and recommit myself to stand down there, for another four or five years.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
Senior Biden administration officials said returning to UNESCO fits President Biden’s goal of strengthening global partnerships and recommitting to American leadership at the UN and other international organizations to serve as a counter to nations that do not share US values.
—Darlene Superville, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
Tibbs committed to the Boilermakers at the end of June and recommitted after the coaching change from Jeff Brohm to Ryan Walters.
—The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
This is provided for in the Oslo accords, to which the Netanyahu government recommitted Israel in the Aqaba Joint Communique in February 2023.
—Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Supervisor Hilda Solis marked the anniversary of the 1943 attacks Tuesday by introducing a motion denouncing the devastation from the riots and recommitting to fighting racial discrimination.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
This is why President Biden has recommitted himself to fighting for women's access to have the full range of reproductive health care.
—ABC News, 25 June 2023
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First Known Use
1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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recommit
verb
re·com·mit
ˌrē-kə-ˈmit
1
: to refer (as a bill) again to a committee
2
: to commit again
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