Devoir vs Commitment - What's the difference?
devoir | commitment | Synonyms |
(archaic) Duty, business; something which one must do.
*, vol.1, p.149:
*:he imprint not so much in his schollers mind.
* 1787 , Winifred Marshall Gales, The History of Lady Emma Melcombe and her family , vol.3. p.155:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , vol.1:
* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p.1057:
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
# The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
# Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
# Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Perpetration, in a negative manner, 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 jail.
Devoir is a synonym of commitment.
As nouns the difference between devoir and commitment
is that devoir is (archaic) duty, business; something which one must do while commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:.devoir
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(en noun)- I should have long ere this paid my devoirs to the inhabitants of Raymond Castle.
- Then quoth the portress to the mistress of the house, "O my lady, arise and go to thy place that I in turn may do my devoir ."
- That is the little bit of essential information which enables us to complete our devoir – without it we are just ordinary people, dispossessed, taken unawares: the original sin!
