Obligation definition
An example of obligation is for a student to turn in his homework on time every day.
I felt no obligation to offer my advice.
Are you able to meet your obligations? I have an obligation to attend their wedding.
If they invite us, aren't we under obligation to invite them in return?
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Origin of obligation
- From Latin obligatio, from obligatum (past participle of obligare), from ob- to + ligare to bind, from Proto-Indo-European *leig- (“to bind").
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