commitments

Pledges you keep

Commitments are obligations or pledges that bind you to a course of action.

The word covers formal agreements (financial commitments, contractual commitments) and personal promises (family commitments, a commitment to sobriety).

Having too many commitments means being overextended.

A commitment can also mean dedication to a cause or relationship: Their commitment to each other never wavered.

obligation

responsibility

State of being answerable

pledge · debt · burden · mandate · accountability · contract · covenant · stipulation · guarantee · prerequisite

promise

pledge

Binding promise given

  • vowSolemn personal commitment
  • oathFormal binding promise
  • wordLinguistic meaning unit

assurance · guarantee · undertaking · declaration · avowal · sworn · keep · break · fulfill · uphold

engagement

betrothal

Formal marriage agreement

fiancée · marriage · proposal · ring · matrimony · nuptials · bride · groom · ceremony · vows

dedication

devotion

Deep, loyal commitment

fidelity · steadfastness · perseverance · resolve · determination · passion · investment · time · energy · effort

scheduled

appointment

Scheduled time for something

reservation · calendar · schedule · agenda · prior · standing · conflicting · double-booked · availability · deadline

relationship

partnership

Shared business arrangement

bond · support · companionship · trust · solidarity · togetherness · mutual · exclusive · monogamy · fidelity

Categories
Opposites
obligation/binding

commitmentsfreedoms

Rights to act unhindered

exemptions · releases · discharges · liberations · waivers

loyalty/dedication

commitmentsbetrayals

Breaches of loyalty

abandonments · disloyalties · infidelities · desertions · treacheries

certainty/firmness

commitmentshesitations

Pauses from doubt

reservations · equivocations · wavering · indecision · maybes

Phrases
Family

commitment, overcommitment, recommitment, precommitment, decommitment

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G