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obligation

English

  1. 🔊 a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
  2. 🔊 a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
  3. 🔊 the state of being obligated to do or pay something
    “he is under an obligation to finish the job”
  4. 🔊 a written promise to repay a debt
  5. 🔊 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”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 empeño obligation
  2. 🔊 obligación obligation
  3. 🔊 deber obligation, duty

Similar words

duty responsibility debt instrument certificate of indebtedness indebtedness 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