noun

• The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
• Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
• Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
• The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
• 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.