uncommit

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verb

To cancel being committed to something; to release from obligation.

“to uncommit a transaction”

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Meanings

verbuncommit (third-person singular simple present uncommits, present participle uncommitting, simple past and past participle uncommitted)

present singular third person uncommits · participle present uncommitting · participle past uncommitted · past uncommitted

  1. transitiveTo 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. transitivecomputingTo undo a change that had been applied.

    to uncommit a transaction

Origin

From un- + commit.

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APA

uncommit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommit

MLA

“uncommit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncommit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommit.

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