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

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In a statement on Friday, a DBT spokesperson said it would "comply with our international obligations".

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission said it would "impose a total of 624.68 billion won in fines... on Coupang for violating safety obligations and collecting personal data without legal grounds".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Public pension funds fall outside Erisa and are governed by state law, but they face something Erisa-covered plans don’t: equal-protection obligations under the Constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In the fiscal fourth quarter, Oracle’s remaining performance obligations, or the value of contracts not yet recognized as revenue, skyrocketed to $638 billion, with the company reporting $85 billion in net new additions.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Now the people will rally around their prince even more, for it would appear that he is bound to them by obligations, since their homes were burned and their possessions destroyed in his defence.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli