committal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Types & categories
- confinement hypernym
Related & opposite
- consign derivation
- institutionalize derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of committing a crime
Types & categories
- crime hypernym
Related & opposite
- commit derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consign |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutionalize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | confinement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | crime |