commitment
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7.5
- noun
- /kəˈmɪt.mənt/
- Formal
:
internamiento (psiquiátrico)
- Pennsylvania state law mandates that a patient can only be held on involuntary commitment for seven days without a court order.
- civil commitment
- outpatient commitment
- commitment proceedings
Examples
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By signing this, you've consented to voluntary commitment for 24 hours.
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If that's the case, when do we start the involuntary commitment proceeding against Beck?
Blog text (6) -
I ask that you sign the commitment papers without further delay.
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It's either you or commitment to a psychiatric hospital for at least six months.
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This, you know, involuntary commitment has to be a very, very high bar.
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Because the laws in New York are tough on involuntary commitment.
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I'm having them blown up for the commitment hearings.
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In the matter of Kris Kringle, Your Honor, the commitment papers are before you.
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The second form of involuntary noncriminal detention is civil commitment of the mentally ill.
Academic text (2005) -
The judge ordered his commitment to a mental hospital after the evaluation.
Synonyms
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3.9
A situation in which someone is kept and not allowed to leave, often by police until a decision is made
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4.0
Being kept in prison as a punishment by law
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8.2
An order that sends someone to prison or a mental hospital by law
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7.9
Sending someone to prison or a mental hospital
Antonyms
Compounds
- Slang
A strong effort to learn about and act against unfair treatment, especially racism and inequality
How Severe
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Morphology
Etymology
Commitment as the legal act of sending someone away comes from the root mittere 'to send', so a court that 'commits' a person is literally 'sending' them to prison or a hospital. That's why commitment can mean the official act of placing someone under care or confinement.