noun.
The act or an instance of committing to confinement.
noun.
The act of pledging oneself to a particular view or position.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of committing, in any of the senses of the verb; commitment; commission: as, the committal of a trust to a person, of a body to the grave, of a criminal to prison; the or a committal (compromising, betrayal, exposure) of one's self.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.