English-Portuguese translations for commitment

• compromisso
  Mas o compromisso final é um fraco compromisso. However, the final commitment is a weak one.
  Deve ser este o nosso compromisso. This should be our commitment.
  Precisamos agora de um novo compromisso. Now we need another commitment.
• engajamento
• promessa
  Há vários anos que obtivemos da Comissão essa promessa.We received this commitment from the Commission several years ago.
  As promessas ou compromissos não foram cumpridos. The promises and commitments made have not been fulfilled.
  A UE fez promessas a um conjunto de países, promessas que vamos ter de cumprir. It has made commitments to a number of countries, and these we will have to honour.

Definition of commitment

• 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
• Perpetration as in a crime or mistake
• The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail

Related words

• commit
• committee
• committal
• committed
• uncommitted
• noncommittal
• subcommittee
• committer
• recommit