The phrase "abstract commitment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing theoretical or conceptual agreements, often in philosophical, psychological, or organizational discussions.
Example: "The team's abstract commitment to innovation was evident in their willingness to explore unconventional ideas."
Alternatives: "theoretical dedication" or "conceptual pledge".
But the point is that for Kim, the Great Game is an abstract commitment, an enterprise so encompassing it has little to do with any particular identity, not even that of the sahibs.
In the west, some intellectuals and mainstream politicians are questioning the postwar dogma of subsuming Germany's wounded identity in Europe's and confining any patriotism to an almost abstract commitment to the values of freedom and human rights enshrined in the postwar constitution.
The motivation behind these protests is fundamentally economic; people reject Mubarak's dictatorship because it has failed to deliver goods and services, employment and stability, not out of an abstract commitment to democratic principles.
When confronted with issues of power and inequitable distribution of resources, it's far too easy to fall back on talk about abstract commitments to freedom and procedures.
Second, no proponent of the fixed view will deny that the abstract moral commitments expressed in a constitution tend to be widely, if not universally shared among members of the relevant political community.
Tomorrow's UN meeting will focus more on abstract principles of commitment than concrete practice.
I immediately use $3,000 of the proceeds of Debt B to pay borrowing costs (other than interest) with respect to Debt A (such as loan origination, loan commitment, abstract, and recording fees) and deposits the remaining $7,000 in an account.
Taken literally, mathematical discourse seems to be committed to abstract objects and structures a commitment that the modal structuralist clearly aims to avoid.
Why must these commitments to objects whether directions or numbers be commitments to abstract objects?
Through all the metamorphoses of his own style, however, Stella has never deviated from his original commitment to abstract art.
An admirable commitment to abstract principle, but not the advice of a man who knew how to fix a crisis in the real world economy.
