commitment vs pledge

commitment

noun
  • Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially 

  • The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail. 

  • The trait of sincerity and focused purpose. 

  • The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. 

  • State of being pledged or engaged. 

  • Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution. 

  • Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons. 

  • Perpetration as in a crime or mistake. 

  • Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date. 

pledge

noun
  • A solemn promise to do something. 

  • The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid. 

  • A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title. 

  • A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved. 

  • A drinking toast. 

  • An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage. 

  • A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol. 

verb
  • To deposit something as a security; to pawn. 

  • To make a solemn promise (to do something). 

  • To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health. 

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