Commitment vs. Ought — What's the Difference?

The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Variant of aught2.

An engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action

A past participle of owe.

The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.

(obsolete) owe

Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.

(auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.

A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.

(auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.

A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action

(auxiliary) Indicating desirability.

Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.

(auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.

The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person

Alternative spelling of aught; anything

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Alternative spelling of aught; at all, to any degree.

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted with what is the case.

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

See Aught.

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Owned; possessed.

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; - in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.

Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.

State of being pledged or engaged.

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

An engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

A message that makes a pledge

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)