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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

uncommit en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + commit.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cancel being committed to something; to release from obligation.
    • For now, the brief answer is: believing that I am always free to uncommit myself is not the same as having reason to think that I will do so. 2011, Richard Moran, Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge, page 97:
  2. (transitive) To undo a change that had been applied.
    • to uncommit a transaction

Forms

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uncommitted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncommitted Tense=Past lexicographic
uncommits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
uncommitting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic