committal
noun/kəˈmɪtl/
/kəˈmɪtl/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the official process of sending somebody to prison or to a psychiatric hospital
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCommittal is used before these nouns:- proceedings
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- the point in a funeral service when the body is buried or taken away for cremation
- The funeral will take place at St Andrew's Church, followed by a private family committal at the crematorium.
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