Obligation is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OBLIGATION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of obliging
• an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment
• the condition of being morally or legally bound to do something
• a debt of gratitude for a service or favour
• a binding agreement committing a person to a payment or other action.
• The act of obligating.
• 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.
• Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
• The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.
• 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.
• the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
• the state of being obligated to do or pay something
• a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
• a written promise to repay a debt
• a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the action of obligating oneself to a course of action (as by a promise or vow)

Words related to OBLIGATION

obligations14 obstriction15

Words that contain OBLIGATION

obligations14 obligational15 disobligation17 disobligations18

How to use OBLIGATION in a sentence

• The implied contract between A and B is that B will pay the obligation.
• He could hardly have done me a greater favor, or bound me to him by a more lasting obligation.
• That her marriage was a true one in all but the legal form, that she was faithful to its every social obligation, has been abundantly shown.
• The other memorial which will subsist of him, more warm in life than the first, is the remembrance of his generosity, to which numbers owe a deep obligation.
• Landor did not keep his word or make any serious effort to fulfil his moral obligation to do as he had said he would do.
• You had been courteous to him, and he repaid the obligation to the best of his ability.
• The seclusion prescribed by the East becomes a duty, a moral obligation, a virtue.
• Indeed, the childless woman of to-day, in addition to her obligation to herself, has a peculiar obligation to society in the matter of the friendless child.
• No woman, whatever her condition, can escape her obligation to youth without youth suffering, and without suffering herself.
• He did not say anything about Robert Westcote, remembering his obligation of silence.
• And to these grand men, first of all, are we under obligation of everlasting thanks for our free and happy old commonwealth.
• He apprehended that the only legal obligation laid on him was to attend in that court to declare himself, and to enable competent witnesses to prove his identity.
• The public obligation to open his door, is no more than an obligation of expediency, of which he, and he only, can be the judge.
• The obligation imposed on us by the queen, of being intellectual at all hazards, had the effect of conjuring up a somewhat embarrassed and stupid expression to our faces.
• I think it necessary to give notice, that I make no contract, nor incur any obligation.
• And we who are Catholic Christians must feel an obligation to hold fast this fact.
• Besides, I am not so satisfied with some of the measures now pursuing, as to owe any obligation to the ministers.
• II When he was sixteen his mother, by operations on a yard and a half of Brussels point lace, put Mrs Emery under an obligation.
• Each was liable for military service, although that obligation was not written into the grant.
• SIR, I little thought I ever could have owed so much obligation to any man as you have laid me under.
• Hence the types it shows by presenting moods, words, and acts with the least obstruction of matter and the slightest obligation to the active senses, are the most complete.
• They do not, however, neglect the concerns of religion, or leave their families ignorant of them, or their obligation to regard them.
• Over nine churches in my own country, and several in England, had made very enthusiastic offers to me to accept a permanent pastoral obligation.
• In closing I wish to express my obligation to my former colleague, Dr.
• The provincial chiefs are under obligation to show them the honor corresponding to their respective duties.
• It certainly showed no obligation and perhaps if borrowing is not natural there is some use in giving.
• Those most opposed and hostile, regard it as a sin, and consider themselves under the most sacred obligation to use every effort to destroy it.

Similar words containing OBLIGA without suffix tion

obligant11 obligate11 obligati11 obligato11 obligable14 obligants12 obligated13 obligates12 obligator12 obligatos12 obligately16 obligating14 obligative16 obligators13 obligatory16 obligations14 obligational15 obligatorily18 disobligation17 disobligatory20 disobligations18 obligatoriness17

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