commissive

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective By commission; resulting from a positive act.

   This error was commissive rather than omissive.

2. adjective Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.

   "I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement.

3. noun A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.

Similar words

commissionable consentful collative consensual contributive conducible congeable contributory compromissorial complaisant

Often followed by

speech and force illocutionary is point acts waste or