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• Commitment
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• Sin: May Be Committed by Proxy
King James Dictionary
• Committing
• Committed
• Commit
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Commit, Commission
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• Committing
• Committed
• Commitment
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• Commitment
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• Commit
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• ܓܥܠ
• ἁμαρτάνω
• ἀσεβέω
• ἐάω
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• גָּזַל
• גָּלָה
• גָּלַל , גָּלַל
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(1):

(n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

(2):

(n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

(3):

(n.) A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

(4):

(n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

(5):

(n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.