committal /kəˈmɪtəl/noun 4adjective 2forms 3 noun4 •The act of entrusting something to someone. •The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment. •The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation. •The act of perpetrating an offence. adjective2 •Of or relating to commitment.He points out that the former hypothesis is less committal epistemically, and he claims that nothing more committal is required to make sense of scientific method. — 1997 •Of or relating to a committee. formscommittals · more committal · most committal