Act and Commit

Act

Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.

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Commit and act are semantically related In some cases you can use "Commit" instead a verb "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Commit verb - Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.

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Act and commit are semantically related in perform an action topic. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Commit".

kind	act kind	commit kind
control	act control	commit control
turn	act turn	commit turn
number	act number	commit number
Other words: time, way, evil, times, attacks.

A warning that once you commit an evil act, no matter how small, you are easier to be tempted or otherwise persuaded to commit more and more evil.

Source: Slowly Slipping Into Evil
At the end of the third act she gives her disgraced ex-lover Løvborg one of them, urging him to commit suicide with it (although he ends up shooting himself by accident instead).

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Theatre
Surely, he's an Accocin junkie, Depraved Bisexual and Combat Sadomasochist, but the most evil act we see him commit is forcing women into BDSM.

Source: Video Game / Cobra Mission

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