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Commitment

In mental hygiene and psychiatry, the practice of using legal means or forms to commit a person to a mental hospital, insane asylum or psychiatric ward against the will or over the protests of that person is Involuntary commitment
In philosophy, belief in an ontology is an Ontological commitment
In the telephone industry, the beginning of AT&T's monopoly was the Kingsbury Commitment
In cryptography: Commitment scheme
In personal relationships, commitment can be characterised as interaction dominated by obligations. These obligations may be mutual, or self-imposed, or explicitly stated, or may not. Distinction is often made between commitment as a member of an organisation (such as a sporting team , a religion, or as an employee); and what is termed personal commitment , which is a relationship of obligation to an individual.

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