Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) perpetrate, commit, pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation) "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
S: (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
S: (v) commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution) "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
W: (n) institution [Related to: institutionalise] (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
S: (v) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit (confer a trust upon) "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"