Synonyms for commitment
kəˈmɪt məntcom·mit·ment

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1. committedness, commitmentnoun

   the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

   "a man of energy and commitment"

   Synonyms:
   committedness, consignment, dedication, allegiance, loyalty, committal

2. commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedicationnoun

   the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

   "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"

   Synonyms:
   allegiance, dedication, committedness, loyalty, inscription, consignment, trueness, committal, fealty

3. commitmentnoun

   an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

   "his business commitments took him to London"

   Synonyms:
   consignment, committedness, dedication, allegiance, loyalty, committal

4. commitment, dedicationnoun

   a message that makes a pledge

   Synonyms:
   allegiance, dedication, committedness, loyalty, inscription, consignment, committal

5. commitment, committal, consignmentnoun

   the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

   Synonyms:
   allegiance, dedication, loading, commission, committedness, loyalty, cargo, perpetration, consignment, load, shipment, lading, committal, freight, payload

Matched Categories

1. • Confinement
   • Engagement
   • Message
   • Seriousness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. commitmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   imprisonment, committal

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1. List of paraphrases for "commitment":

   engagement, compromise, commitments, undertaking, dedication, pledge, determination, involvement, encumbrance, obligation, attachment, promise, 'engagement, committed, willingness, accession, devotion, vcu, adherence, will, desire, effort, pledges, resolve, undertakings, enlistment, endeavour

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1. Joe Buchman:

   Where the two old parties offer fear, mutual slander and individual self-destruction, Libertarians share our commitment to rigorous financial integrity, peaceful social acceptance and individual personal liberty, now is the time to vote out of love for the principles you know to be true : free agency, self-ownership, non-initiation of aggression and not in reaction to what you fear.

2. Damon Martinez:

   This prosecution demonstrates the federal law enforcement community's commitment to safeguarding our nation's military secrets by keeping America's critical technology from falling into the wrong hands.

3. Aberdeen Chief Executive Martin Gilbert:

   Institutional investors are looking to hedge fund solutions to offer risk/return profiles not available via mainstream strategies and traditional asset classes, the acquisition of Arden emphasises further Aberdeen's commitment to diversifying its overall business and to growing its alternatives platform.

4. Richard Hofstadter:

   If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to some special and constricting idea.

5. Oil Minister Anas al-Saleh:

   Kuwait welcomes the Doha deal ... and confirms its commitment to what was agreed - to freeze production according to January 2016 levels - ... provided that the main producers from OPEC and outside OPEC are committed to it.