com·mit·ment

[edit] Etymology

commit + -ment

[edit] Noun

commitment (plural commitments)

1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust.
2. Promise or agreement to do something in the future.
3. Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
4. Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
5. State of being pledged or engaged.
6. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Such a small word, carrying so much within...I have commitments...I took them... and I gave them...

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