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noun. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action.

noun. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty.

noun. A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.

noun. A debt instrument, such as a loan, mortgage, or bond.

noun. The state, fact, or feeling of being indebted to another for a special service or favor received.

noun. The constraining power or authoritative character of a duty, a moral precept, a civil law, or a promise or contract voluntarily made; action upon the will by a sense of moral constraint.

noun. That to which one is bound; that which one is bound or obliged to do, especially by moral or legal claims; a duty.

noun. A claim; a ground of demanding.

noun. The state or fact of being bound or morally constrained by gratitude to requite benefits; moral indebtedness.

noun. In law: A bond containing a penalty, with a condition annexed, for payment of money, performance of covenants, or the like: sometimes styled a writing obligatory. By some modern English jurists the word is used as equivalent to legal duty generally.

noun. In Roman law, the juridical relation between two or more persons in virtue of which one can compel the other to do or not to do a certain act which has a monetary value, or can at least be measured by a monetary standard.

noun. In medieval schools, a rule of disputation by which the opponent was bound to admit any premise, not involving a contradiction, begging of the question, or other fallacy, which the respondent might propose.

noun. Synonyms Engagement, contract, agreement.

noun. The act of obligating.

noun. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.

noun. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.

noun. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; -- often used with under to indicate being in that state.

noun. A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.

noun. See under Day.

noun. in a state of obligation{4}.

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noun. The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.

noun. A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.

noun. A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.

noun. A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.

noun. a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor

noun. the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

noun. a written promise to repay a debt

noun. a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

noun. the state of being obligated to do or pay something

"_perfect obligation_ is one that can be enforced -- one that exists where there is a right to compel the party on whom the obligation rests to fulfill it."