Showing results for obligations. Search instead for obligationenmarktes.

obligations

NOUN

responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability agreement bond burden commitment constraint contract debt duty liability necessity need promise requirement right trust understanding

STRONG

IOU business call cause charge chit committal compulsion conscience debit devoir dues engagement must occasion onus part place restraint

WEAK

accountableness due bill ought

Antonyms

STRONGEST

asset disagreement disbelief irresponsibility misunderstanding

STRONG

freedom unemployment

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Additionally, failure of consideration — where one party does not carry out their promised obligations in a way that significantly harms the other party — can justify rescission, the law firm adds.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

"We have very clear obligations to ensure there is no discrimination," he said in Kyiv last week, adding: "for me, this is an important issue."

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Without direct effect, the courts could only issue a "Declaration of Incompatibility", which is essentially a note to MPs warning that the UK is in breach of its international obligations.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

By the 21st century, as drought gripped the region, it became harder to meet the deal’s water-allocation obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

I became obsessed with their ideas about the family—with how a person ought to weigh their special obligations to kin against their obligations to society as a whole.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover