Meaning of obligation | Babel Free

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1. The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
   countable, uncountable
2. to owe
3. a promise or duty. You are under no obligation to buy this. verpligting إلْتِزام задължение obrigação povinnost die Verpflichtung forpligtelse υποχρέωση, καθήκονobligación kohustus الزام؛ تعهد velvoite obligationחובה आभार, दायित्व, कर्त्तव्य obveza kötelesség kewajiban skuldbinding, skylda, kvöð obbligazione, obbligo 義務 의무 į(si)pareigojimas, pareiga saistība, pienākums kewajipan verplichtingforpliktelseobowiązek په زور، مجبورى obrigaçãoобязательство; обязанность povinnosť obveznost obaveza fö...
4. A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
   countable, uncountable
5. must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
6. compulsory. Attendance at tonight's meeting is obligatory. verpligtend إلْزامي задължителен obrigatório povinný verpflichtend obligatorisk υποχρεωτικόςobligatorio kohustuslik الزامی pakollinen obligatoire בְּגֶדֶר חוֹבָה अनिवार्य obvezatan kötelező wajib skyldu-, skyldubundinn obbligatorio 強制の 의무적인 privalomas obligāts wajib verplichtpåbudt, obligatorisk, tvungenobowiązkowy په مجبورى او مكلفيت obrigatório obligatoriu обязательный povinný obvezen obavezan obligatorisk, bindande ที่ควรปฏิบัติตาม...
7. A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
   countable, uncountable
8. should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
9. verpligte ألزَم، وَجَّب، حَتَّم задължително obrigatoriamente povinně verpflichtend obligatoriskt υποχρεωτικάobligatoriamente tingimata بطور اجباری pakollisesti obligatoirement בְּאוֹפֶן מְחַייֵב अनिवार्यता के साथ obvezatno kötelezően secara wajib nauðsynlega, óhjákvæmilega obbligatoriamente 強制的に 의무적으로 privalomai obligāti wajib verplichtbindende, tvungent obowiązkowo په زور obrigatoriamente (în mod) obligatoriu обязательно povinne obvezno obavezno obligatoriskt อย่างจำเป็น zorunlu olarak 必須進行...
10. A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
    countable, uncountable
11. should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
12. willing to help other people. He'll help you – he's very obliging. beleefd, hulpvaardig, tegemoetkomend مِفْضال، خَدوم задължаващ solícito ochotný entgegenkommend hjælpsom εξυπηρετικός, πρόθυμοςservicial, complacente, amable abivalmis آماده خدمت؛ مهربان avulias obligeant מוּכָן לַעזוֹר अनुग्राहक, उपकारी spreman pomoći előzékeny suka menolong liðlegur, hjálpsamur cortese 親切な 기꺼이 남을 돌보는 paslaugus laipns; izpalīdzīgs suka menolong behulpzaamimøtekommende, hjelpsomuprzejmy خدمت كونكى prestável în...
13. Reason for being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.
    countable
14. shall
15. beleefd, hulpvaardig بحُبٍّ للمُساعَدَه задължаващо amavelmente ochotně entgegenkommend hjælpsomt εξυπηρετκά servicialmente, amablemente abivalmilt بزرگوارانه avuliaasti obligeamment בְּרָצוֹן טוֹב मदद के लिए तैयार uslužno, ljubazno udvariasan dengan patuh liðlega cortesemente 親切に 강요조로 paslaugiai laipni; izpalīdzīgi suka menolong behulpzaamimøtekommende, hjelpsomt usłużnie په مشرتوب amavelmente îndatoritor, amabil любезно ochotne ustrežljivo ljubazno på ett förekommande (tillmötesgående) sätt...
16. obligación, deber, compromiso.
17. 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: Are you able to meet your obligations? I have an obligation to attend their wedding.
18. The state, fact, or feeling of being indebted to another for a special service or favor received: If they invite us, aren't we under obligation to invite them in return?
19. a moral or legal requirement; duty
20. the act of obligating or the state of being obligated

Equivalents

Examples

“I feel I'm under obligation to attend my sister's wedding, even though we have a very frosty relationship.”

“The only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast. The Constitution does not empower the Vice President to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain of them or otherwise. How the Vice President discharges this constitutional obligation is not a question of his loyalty to the President any more than it would be a test of a President’s loyalty to his Vice President whether the President assented to the impeachment and prosecution of his Vice President for the commission of high crimes while in office. No President and no Vice President would—or should—consider either event as a test of political loyalty of one to the other. And if either did, he would have to accept that political loyalty must yield to constitutional obligation. Neither the President nor the Vice President has any higher loyalty than to the Constitution.”

“The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.”

“I am indebted to several friends for notes, observations, and correspondence on this subject, more especially to one, referred to as "Z.," and to another as "Q.," who have obtained a considerable number of reliable histories for me, and have also supplied many valuable notes [...]. Other obligations are mentioned in the text.”

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