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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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Streeting, now a backbencher, is unshackled from the obligations of front bench collective responsibility for the first time in years.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states' obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move that has been scaled back under pressure from major greenhouse gas emitters.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

I assume this payment is intended to satisfy all future support obligations.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Overall, the district continues to struggle with declining enrollment and looming pressures to close schools, as well as long-term pension and retiree benefit obligations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

His mother wanted to say more, Will could tell, but she knew better than to heap compliments on him that felt like obligations.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin