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Committal
- noun - the act of committing a crime
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Committed
- verb - associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist"
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
Committee
- noun - a self-constituted organization to promote something
- a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
Committer
- - One who commits; one who does or perpetrates.
Commotion
- noun - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
- confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
- the act of making a noisy disturbance
Commutate
- verb - reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
Commuters
- noun - a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
- someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
Commuting
- verb - change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
- exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"
- the travel of a commuter
- travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
Commutual
- - Mutual; reciprocal; united.
Competent
- adjective - Able
- adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
- legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court"; "competent testimony"
- properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"