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Consignment

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
commitmentcommittalshipment
plural
Consignments
possessive
Consignment's
pluralpossessive
Consignments'