recommitting

Renewing a promise

Recommitting is the act of committing again—renewing a pledge, obligation, or course of action.

Someone recommitting to a relationship is reaffirming their dedication after doubt or distance.

After the scandal, she publicly recommitted to ethical leadership.

The word can also mean sending something back to a committee for further consideration: The bill was recommitted for revision.

dedication

devotion

Deep, loyal commitment

pledge · vow · promise · steadfastness · allegiance · fidelity · earnestness · sincerity · consecration · zeal

pledging

oath

Formal binding promise

affirmation · assurance · guarantee · bond · declaration · undertaking · avowal · agreement · contract · reaffirming

renewal

fresh start

Opportunity to restart unburdened

resurgence · renaissance · reawakening · reinvention · revival · rekindling · restoration · turning over a new leaf · new beginning · starting over

perseverance

persistence

Continuing despite difficulty

grit · fortitude · resilience · stamina · willpower · doggedness · steadfastness · resolve · pushing through · trying again

Opposites
dedication/commitment

recommittingabandoning

Leaving permanently behind

quitting · renouncing · withdrawing · forsaking · relinquishing

legal/institutional action

recommittingreleasing

Allowing to escape

discharging · freeing · liberating · paroling · emancipating

engagement level

recommittingneglecting

Failing to attend to

wavering · hesitating · drifting · disengaging · distancing

Family

commit, commitment, commission, committed, committee, uncommitted, committing, commits, noncommittal

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