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.
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61. There was no nationwide obligation imposed on organisers to warn the police in advance that such a march was to take place.
62. It is much easier to bury a problem than to consider whether our moral obligation lies elsewhere.
63. The implied term imposing an obligation on the employee after the termination of his employment was more restricted.
64. At first, exercising seemed like an obligation, but now I really enjoy it.
65. Parties and non-parties may not concur in what constitutes a right, and what an obligation.
66. More importantly, will the employer adequately fulfil his obligation to complete the educational process by producing sound technicians and businessmen?
67. Apparently the networks-feeling that minorities were better served elsewhere-decided they themselves had no obligation to show minority faces.
68. Justice to all, irrespective of race, sect or class is the inalienable right and the inescapable obligation of all.
69. There was, however, no evidence to suggest that the employee's obligation was subject to exceptions in certain circumstances.
70. There is no legal obligation on the council to carry out any specific consultation process.
71. Article 5 imposes the plain language requirement and the obligation to interpret ambiguities in the way most favourable to the consumer.
72. When presented with the draft confidentiality agreement, the purchaser should ensure that there are adequate exemptions to the confidentiality obligation.
73. The courts have instead tended to consider a number of factors which point to the existence of an obligation of confidentiality.
74. Whitbread said the lessees of its pubs can keep buying its beer but have no obligation to do so.
75. Virginia -- $ 119. 4 million of Series 1996 general obligation refunding bonds, via competitive bid.
76. The question, though, is whether or not, qua institutions of higher education, they have an obligation to sponsor research.
77. She says she didn't feel under any obligation to ask his permission.
78. When the industry is sold off this obligation will be transferred to privately- owned distribution companies.
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79. Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code....
80. This is a sign of strength, since franchisees are under no obligation to sell the firm's brands.
81. The evening Mass at Woodstock on Tuesday fulfils the obligation.
82. It will make people a little more aware that a marriage license is a permanent contract, an obligation.
83. An objection to this argument is that a legal obligation is not a necessary condition for a liability.
84. Robertson, above, also concerned an insurance agent, but there was no such obligation.
85. If Richemont should buy out the Philip Morris stake it would trigger an obligation to bid for the rest of the shares.
86. Last time we checked, the press had an obligation to examine the claims made in campaign ads.
87. There was, however, no obligation added to the contractual duties imposed on the plaintiff under the original contract.
88. That provided a focus, a dynamism, and a sense of obligation to their activities that had been missing before.
89. In such a case a coroner has a mandatory obligation to hold an inquest.
90. Chapter 3 described the web of relationships of pre-colonial societies in which kinship was the prime determinant of obligation and responsibility.
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.