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commitment

英/kəmˈɪtmənt/
美/kəˈmɪtmənt/
01n.

委托, 交押, 承担义务, 赞助

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; a message that makes a pledge; the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)