Commit definition

(1) Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

"She committed herself to the work of God"

"Give one's talents to a good cause"

"Consecrate your life to the church"

(2) Make an investment

"Put money into bonds"

(3) Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

"After the second episode, she had to be committed"

"He was committed to prison"

(4) Confer a trust upon

"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"

"I commit my soul to God"

(5) Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

"Perpetrate a crime"

"Pull a bank robbery"