'obligation' definitions:
Definition of 'obligation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr [syn: duty, responsibility, obligation]
noun
The state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job"
noun
A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor [syn: obligation, indebtedness]
noun
A written promise to repay a debt [syn: debt instrument, obligation, certificate of indebtedness]
noun
A legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
Synonyms of 'obligation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accountability,
- accounts payable,
- accounts receivable,
- act of grace,
- act of kindness,
- affair,
- agreement,
- allegiance,
- amount due,
- appreciation,
- appreciativeness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- arrearage,
- assigned task,
- attempt,
- bad debts,
- benefaction,
- benefit,
- benevolence,
- benignity,
- bill,
- bills,
- blessing,
- bond,
- borrowing,
- boundary condition,
- bounden duty,
- burden,
- business,
- call,
- call of duty,
- catch,
- cause,
- chance,
- charge,
- charges,
- chits,
- clause,
- coaction,
- commitment,
- committal,
- compulsatory,
- compulsion,
- compulsiveness,
- compulsoriness,
- compulsory,
- condition,
- constraint,
- contingency,
- contract,
- courtesy,
- covenant,
- deal,
- debt,
- dedication,
- deference,
- demand,
- devoir,
- devotion,
- donnee,
- due,
- dues,
- duress,
- duties and responsibilities,
- duty,
- effort,
- enforcement,
- engagement,
- enterprise,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- ethics,
- eventuality,
- favor,
- fealty,
- financial commitment,
- fine print,
- floating debt,
- forcing,
- funded debt,
- given,
- good deed,
- good offices,
- good turn,
- grace,
- gratefulness,
- gratitude,
- grounds,
- homage,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- indebtedness,
- indebtment,
- inevitability,
- irresistibility,
- joker,
- kicker,
- kind deed,
- kind offices,
- kindly act,
- kindness,
- labor of love,
- liability,
- liableness,
- likelihood,
- likeliness,
- limiting condition,
- line of duty,
- loyalty,
- mandatedness,
- mandatoriness,
- maturity,
- mercy,
- mission,
- mitzvah,
- must,
- national debt,
- necessariness,
- necessitation,
- necessitude,
- necessity,
- need,
- obligatoriness,
- obligatory,
- obligement,
- office,
- onus,
- operation,
- ought,
- outstanding debt,
- parameter,
- part,
- place,
- plan,
- pledge,
- possibility,
- preengagement,
- prerequisite,
- probability,
- program,
- project,
- promise,
- proneness,
- proposition,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- public debt,
- recognizance,
- required,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- respect,
- responsibility,
- restraint,
- right,
- saving clause,
- score,
- self-imposed duty,
- sense of obligation,
- service,
- sine qua non,
- small print,
- specification,
- stipulation,
- string,
- task,
- terms,
- thankfulness,
- trust,
- turn,
- ultimatum,
- uncollectibles,
- understanding,
- undertaking,
- unfulfilled pledge,
- venture,
- verbal agreement,
- weakness,
- whereas,
- work