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obligation
noun
1 obligation
The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force:
— Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
synonyms: duty, responsibility.
Roget 768:
promise,
undertaking,
word,
troth,
plight,
pledge,
parole,
word of honor,
vow;
oath
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
profession,
assurance,
warranty,
guarantee,
insurance,
obligation;
contract
etc.
769;
stipulation.
engagement,
preengagement;
affiance;
betroth,
betrothal,
betrothment.
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Roget 770:
conditions,
terms;
articles,
articles of agreement;
memorandum.
clauses,
provisions;
proviso
etc.
(qualification)
469;
covenant,
stipulation,
obligation,
ultimatum,
sine qua non;
casus foederris [Lat.].
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Roget 806:
debt,
obligation,
liability,
indebtment†,
debit,
score.
bill;
check;
account
(credit)
805.
arrears,
deferred payment,
deficit,
default,
insolvency
etc.
(nonpayment)
808;
bad debt.
interest;
premium;
usance†,
usury;
floating debt,
floating capital.
debtor,
debitor†;
mortgagor;
defaulter
etc.
808;
borrower.
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Roget 601:
involuntariness;
instinct,
blind impulse;
inborn proclivity,
innate proclivity;
native tendency,
natural tendency;
natural impulse,
predetermination.
necessity,
necessitation;
obligation;
compulsion
etc.
744;
subjection
etc.
749;
stern necessity,
hard necessity,
dire necessity,
imperious necessity,
inexorable necessity,
iron necessity,
adverse necessity;
fate;
what must be.
destiny,
destination;
fatality,
fate,
kismet,
doom,
foredoom,
election,
predestination;
preordination,
foreordination;
lot fortune;
fatalism;
inevitableness
etc.
adj.;
spell
etc.
993.
star,
stars;
planet,
planets;
astral influence;
sky,
Fates,
Parcae,
Sisters three,
book of fate;
God's will,
will of Heaven;
wheel of Fortune,
Ides of March,
Hobson's choice.
last shift,
last resort;
dernier ressort [Fr.];
pis aller
etc.
(substitute)
147 [Fr.];
necessaries
etc.
(requirement)
630.
necessarian†,
necessitarian†;
fatalist;
automaton.
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Dutch: verantwoordelijkheid, plicht
Polish: ciężar, obowiązek, powinność
2 obligation
The state of being obligated to do or pay something.
Polish: dług
3 obligation
A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor.
synonym: indebtedness.
4 obligation
5 obligation
A legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply.
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