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committal

Syllabification: (com·mit·tal)
Pronunciation: /kəˈmitl/
Definition of committal

noun

  • 1the action of sending a person to an institution, especially prison or a psychiatric hospital:his committal to prison [as modifier]:committal proceedings
  • 2the burial of a corpse.

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