commit oneself

Synonyms

covenant promise undertake pledge come down co-opt

Antonyms

reconsider retract filibuster abjure renege go back on

Examples

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. Iris Murdoch

Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. Erich Fromm

One cannot serve this Eros without becoming a stranger in society as it is today; one cannot commit oneself to this form of love without incurring a mortal wound. Klaus Mann

Words in the phrase

commit oneself

Close letter words and terms

commit crime commit fraud commit hara-kiri commit oneself to commit perjury commit point