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obligation
noun as in responsibility
Strongest matches
accountability, agreement, bond, burden, commitment, constraint, contract, debt, duty, liability, necessity, need, promise, requirement, right, trust, understanding
Strong matches
business, call, cause, charge, chit, committal, compulsion, conscience, debit, devoir, dues, engagement, IOU, must, occasion, onus, part, place, restraint
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Doctors would also not be under any obligation to take part in the assisted dying process.
The Hague court of appeal said it could not establish that Shell had a "social standard of care" to reduce its emissions by 45% or any other amount, even though it agreed the company had an obligation to citizens to limit emissions.
She describes how she’d been given her shooting schedule and arranged to fulfill another business obligation on a day off.
She decided to keep her prior obligation, which she writes resulted in an angry phone call with Murphy in which he “ripped” into her and told her she was unprofessional.
“We have this obligation to the child who has been let down in a number of ways, over a long period of time,” she said last month.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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