List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 76

SYNONYMS: commit, consign, entrust, confide, relegate.
These verbs mean to give over to another for a purpose such as care or safekeeping.

Commit has the widest application and means to deliver to another to deal with: The general sent the troops committed to his charge into battle. The word can also refer to giving over for preservation or confinement: I committed the sonata to memory. The patient was committed to the hospital.
To consign is to transfer to another's custody or charge: The owner consigned the paintings to a dealer for sale.
Entrust and confide stress trust and confidence in another: The task was too important to be entrusted to a child. She confided her plans to her family.
To relegate is to assign to a specific and especially an inferior category or position: Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.