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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obligations

In France, Binance is suspected of having failed to meet its obligations regarding the oversight of client funds.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The mistake here would be Cleveland-Cliffs not respecting the obligations, the commitments that they made in the acquisition,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

ServiceNow expects current remaining performance obligations to grow 18.5% in the fourth quarter, down 2 percentage points from the third quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

We want the intimacy of a home without necessarily inheriting all the obligations of maintaining one.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 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

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