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obligation   (TTS Sound)

The noun obligation has 5 senses

• duty, responsibility, obligation -- (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)


• obligation -- (the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job")


• obligation, indebtedness -- (a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor)


• debt instrument, obligation, certificate of indebtedness -- (a written promise to repay a debt)


• obligation -- (a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply)