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commit

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of commit

1 to carry through (as a process) to completion

accused of committing a felony

Synonyms of commit

accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through

Words Related to commit

bring about, effect, effectuate, implement

engage (in), practice (also practise)

reduplicate, reenact, repeat

actualize, attain, realize

complete, end, finish, wind up

Phrases Synonymous with commit

go through

Near Antonyms of commit

skimp, slight, slur

2 to obligate by prior agreement

we were committed to finishing the project

Synonyms of commit

engage, mortgage, pledge, troth

Words Related to commit

affiance, betroth, plight, promise, swear, vow

contract, enlist, enroll (also enrol), sign on, sign up

Near Antonyms of commit

3 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

commit only some power to each official

Synonyms of commit

commend, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Words Related to commit

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will

advance, lend, loan

furnish, supply

recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms of commit

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold

accept, receive, take in

occupy, take, take over

Antonyms of commit

hold, keep, retain

4 to put in or as if in prison

committed the rapist to prison

Synonyms of commit

confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)

Words Related to commit

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize

impress, shanghai

hold, impound, keep

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Near Antonyms of commit

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Antonyms of commit

discharge, free, liberate, release

Synonym Discussion of commit

commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate mean to assign to a person or place for a definite purpose. commit may express the general idea of delivering into another's charge or the special sense of transferring to a superior power or to a special place of custody.

- committed the felon to prison

entrust implies committing with trust and confidence.

- the president is entrusted with broad powers

confide implies entrusting with great assurance or reliance.

- confided complete control of my affairs to my attorney

consign suggests removing from one's control with formality or finality.

- consigned the damaging notes to the fire

relegate implies a consigning to a particular class or sphere often with a suggestion of getting rid of.

- relegated to an obscure position in the company

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