It's been a struggle to balance my professional and family 'commitments'. [=to do both what I have promised to do for my job and what I have promised to do for my family]
I can't coach my daughter's basketball team. I have too many 'commitments' already. [=I have too many things that I have promised to do]
Opening your own business requires a significant 'financial commitment'. [=it requires you to spend a lot of money over a long time]
(..) Look at the statistics, for chrissakes. One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have a racial commitment to crime? Not only that. They're proud of it. Maybe it says something about prejudice in the judicial system. (..)1998 American History X