obligation

[ob-li-gey-shuhn] / ˌɒb lɪˈgeɪ ʃən /

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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The answer isn’t limiting speech or imposing impossible obligations on social-media companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

This will bring more examination, more questions, more power and with it more obligation.

From BBC

Note: Shows 100 largest contracts by obligation amount.

From The Wall Street Journal

As of Nov. 30, Oracle reported $523 billion of remaining performance obligations, which represent contracted sales not yet recognized as revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of the listed entities weren’t treaty organizations of which the U.S. was formally a member but rather funds, conferences or informal consortia that a country could participate in or not, carrying no obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal

obligation

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