Synonym: duty, indebtedness, responsibility. Similar words: investigation, allegation, publication, nation, donation, zonation, formation, equation. Meaning: [‚ɑblɪ'geɪʃn /‚ɒb-] 
n. 1. the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force 2. the state of being obligated to do or pay something 3. a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor 4. a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply.
n. 1. the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force 2. the state of being obligated to do or pay something 3. a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor 4. a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply. 
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31. Are you under a contractual obligation to any other company?
32. Their frequent invitation places us under an obligation to invite them to our house for a change.
33. These meetings should remain purely informal, with no obligation on either side.
34. His social obligation compels him to make a round of visits.
35. It is the obligation of citizens to perform military service.
36. She's under an obligation to him because he lent her money.
37. He stayed with the team out of a sense of obligation .
38. Damaging the goods puts you under an obligation to buy them.
39. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it.
40. South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law.
41. Beach operators do not have a legal obligation to provide against injury or drowning.
42. You're under no obligation to pay for goods which you did not order.
43. The government must pay for health care for war veterans - it is an obligation we owe to them.
44. The new law released employers from their obligation to recognize unions.
45. You are under no obligation to buy any more books.
46. I'm morally under obligation to do the best I can by her.
47. I have an ethical and a moral obligation to my client.
48. Every player is under an obligation to keep the rules.
49. The court laid the young thief under an obligation to report to the police station once a week.
50. Ministers are under no obligation to follow the committee's recommendations.
51. I am under no obligation to tell you my name.
52. You have a contractual obligation to finish the school building this week.
53. Acquaintanceship imposes its own discipline and obligation.
54. He had dishonestly and intentionally not fulfilled that obligation.
55. A general obligation bond is repaid through property taxes.
56. Clearly, following the decision in Howell v. Coupland[sentencedict.com],[http://sentencedict.com/obligation.html] the seller was excused his obligation to deliver 275 tons.
57. But Virgin executives are privately convinced that meeting this contractual obligation will be impossible because so many major issues remain unresolved.
58. Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement, I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon.
59. But the letter, a social obligation too promptly performed, had lacked conviction.
60. But without the obligation to show current affairs in peak time, it may be pushed into a less attractive slot.
More similar words: investigation, allegation, publication, nation, donation, zonation, formation, equation, national, location, operation, education, relation, inflation, isolation, radiation, sensation, variation, summation, situation, migration, violation, combination, indication, occupation, nomination, educational, negotiation, medication, inclination.