obligation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obligation/ɒblɪˈɡeɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound.
■ the condition of being so bound.
- 2 a debt of gratitude for a service or favour.
– phrases
day of obligation (in the Roman Catholic Church) a day on which all are required to attend Mass.
day of obligation (in the Roman Catholic Church) a day on which all are required to attend Mass.
– derivatives
obligational adjective.
obligational adjective.
'obligation' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolution
- antinomian
- be
- bind
- binding
- burden
- categorical imperative
- commitment
- commutation
- commute
- composition
- default
- deontic
- deontology
- discharge
- dispense
- due
- duty
- enforce
- escape clause
- exempt
- ex gratia
- exonerate
- expect
- extension
- extinguish
- frank
- grace
- guaranty
- guilt
- honour
- immune
- immunity
- implement
- irremissible
- joint and several
- let
- liability
- need
- non-observance
- obligee
- obligor
- observe
- owe
- preservation order
- privilege
- quittance
- religion
- repudiate
