recommit

verb

re·​com·​mit ˌrē-kə-ˈmit 

recommitted; recommitting; recommits

transitive verb

1

: to refer (something, such as a bill) back to a committee

2

: to entrust or consign again

recommitment

ˌrē-kə-ˈmit-mənt 

noun

recommittal

ˌrē-kə-ˈmi-tᵊl 

noun

Examples of recommit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But when disasters like Hurricane Helene ravage areas these people live in, that ought to drive us to recommit to the institutions and practices that have made so many of us safer from natural disasters. —Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024

Instead of recommitting to comprehensive studies, CPD that year chose to dilute its rules. —Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024

The report released Monday offers guidelines to corporations on the best practices to adopt to advance diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the workplace and calls on companies to recommit to advance racial justice in the workplace. —Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024

Those missteps hurt the program and forced the Pentagon to publicly recommit to the effort. —Colin Demarest, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

recommit

verb

re·​com·​mit ˌrē-kə-ˈmit 

1

: to refer (as a bill) again to a committee

2

: to commit again

recommitment

-mənt 

noun

recommittal

-ˈmit-ᵊl 

noun