The Meaning of commit

• (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v. t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
• (v. t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v. t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v. t.) To confound.
• (v. i.) To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

Synonyms

perpetrate , pull , give , dedicate , consecrate , devote , institutionalize , institutionalise , send , charge , entrust , intrust , trust , confide , invest , put , place , practice

Antonyms

divest

Rhymes

acquit , admit , armpit , barritt , befit , bit , boblitt , brit , britt , bullshit , burditt , chit , clampitt , cockpit , counterfeit , dewitt , dewitte , douthit , douthitt , emit , fit , fitt , flit , fytte , gillett , goldschmidt , grit , hit , hitt , hypocrite , identikit , it , it-wit , kit , knit , lafitte , legit , lit , litt , mcnitt , messerschmitt , misfit , mitt , moonlit , nit , obit , omit , outfit , outwit , permit , pit , pitt , plitt , politte , presplit , pritt , quit , readmit , recommit , remit , resubmit , retrofit , savitt , schmidt , schmit , schmitt , shit , sit , skit , slit , smit , spit , split , stitt , submit , sunlit , tidbit , tit , transmit , tritt , unfit , vitt , whit , whitt , wit , witt , witte , writ