Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🚫 To withdraw promise ↩️ To undo changes
to decommit

to decommit

8.8
To undo a previous change in a computer program
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːkəˈmɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : deshacer compromiso
  • The system will automatically decommit memory that is no longer needed by the application.

Examples

  • If you make a mistake, you can decommit the changes before they are finalized.

  • After reviewing the update, the team decided to decommit the recent modifications from the project.

  • You can decommit from the project at any time.

  • The team decommitted from the previous agreement.

  • If you make a mistake, you can decommit the changes before they are finalized.

  • The system will automatically decommit memory that is no longer needed by the application.

  • After reviewing the update, the team decided to decommit the recent modifications from the project.

Synonyms

to undo
vsto decommit
102 2.6

Cancel the effect of an action or decision

reverses a previous change specifically in computing freeing allocated resources
to revert
vsto decommit
67 4.2

To go back to a previous state or way of doing things

returns to a prior state but emphasizes undoing saved changes and freeing resources
to rescind
vsto decommit
  • Formal
44 7.9

Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement

cancels a prior decision in computing contexts by undoing changes and freeing resources
to retract
vsto decommit
  • Formal
41 6.0

To take back a statement or opinion in public

withdraws a previous action in computing by undoing changes and freeing resources
to resile
vsto decommit
  • Formal
9.9

To withdraw from a promise or agreement, often officially under pressure

withdraws in a computing setting by reversing changes and releasing resources

Antonyms

to commit
  • Specialized
27 6.1

To save changes so they stay in the project

How Committed

to commit
  • Specialized
27 6.1
to decommit
  • Specialized
8.8
to revert
67 4.2

Surface Forms

decommit infinitive
decommitted past
decommitted past participle
decommitting present participle
decommits third person singular

Morphology

decommit = commit (transparent) = de + commit

In the computing sense, 'de-' straightforwardly signals reversal or removal, so 'decommit' is directly interpretable as reversing or undoing a commit.

Etymology

The word decommit combines de- ('remove') with commit ('to make changes permanent'), so you can think of it like pressing 'undo' to free memory or cancel saved changes. That's why in computing to decommit is to reverse a previous commit or release allocated resources.