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Noun
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A moral, professional or legal duty
duty
responsibility
charge
commitment
job
task
burden
business
function
liability
accountability
devoir
assignment
chore
engagement
office
onus
requirement
calling
commission
imperative
incumbency
mission
need
promise
role
trust
understanding
culpability
accountableness
answerability
must
occupation
ought
moral imperative
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“As the manager of this department, you have an obligation to ensure that operations run as smoothly as possible.”
Noun
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A binding agreement committing a person to a payment or other action
contract
agreement
bond
covenant
deal
deed
treaty
compact
pact
understanding
arrangement
stipulation
transaction
undertaking
pledge
promise
vow
word
commitment
assurance
oath
guarantee
avowal
engagement
warranty
swear
troth
guaranty
settlement
convention
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“The adjudicator's decision may give rise to an immediate payment obligation.”
Noun
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The condition of being morally or legally bound to do something
compulsion
duty
pressure
necessity
coercion
conscience
constraint
duress
force
enforcement
oppression
arm-twisting
intimidation
pressurizationUS
pressurisationUK
demand
influence
harassment
force majeure
violence
threats
insistence
provocation
pestering
nagging
entreaty
goading
badgering
harrying
conscription
more ❯
“Parents sometimes feel an obligation to give their well-behaved child a cookie as a reward.”
Noun
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A sum of money that is owed or due
debt
liabilities
liability
arrears
arrearage
bill
due
IOU
indebtedness
score
usually
arrearages
balance due
outstanding debt
unpaid debt
unpaid bill
debit
account
dues
tab
debts
damage
balance
mortgage
loan
contract
owing
indebtment
pledge
lease
remainder
financial obligation
“I have to clear my current obligations before I can purchase a new car.”
Noun
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A financial obligation, payment, or debt owed
debit
debt
liability
arrears
indebtedness
account
bill
deficit
commitment
tally
payout
charge
collectible
deduction
entry
payment
record
subtraction
withdrawal
outstanding payment
money owing
financial obligation
amount due
liabilities
score
arrearage
debts
dues
due
responsibility
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Noun
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Denotes a position of responsibility and commitment
trust
responsibility
duty
commitment
influence
authority
power
sway
control
leadership
management
privilege
rule
Noun
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Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler
allegiance
loyalty
devotion
faithfulness
fidelity
commitment
dedication
fealty
constancy
devotedness
troth
steadfastness
obedience
faith
attachment
adherence
piety
deference
fastness
homage
duty
dependability
trustworthiness
honourUK
staunchness
adhesion
reliability
honorUS
trueness
trustiness
patriotism
bond
ardourUK
ardorUS
consecration
true-heartedness
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Noun
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A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist
prerequisite
condition
requirement
essential
requisite
qualification
proviso
need
necessity
precondition
must
imperative
postulate
basic
criterion
duty
rudiment
must-have
sine qua non
necessary condition
demand
provision
stipulation
constraint
specification
rider
terms
restriction
contingency
caveat
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Noun
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Payment for membership
dues
charges
contribution
fee
fees
levy
payment
subscription
ante
assessment
charge
collection
custom
debit
debt
duty
kickback
liability
pay
protection
rates
tax
toll
arrearage
membership fee
price
cost
damage
outlay
premium
more ❯
Noun
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The state of being thankful or grateful
thankfulness
gratitude
appreciation
gratefulness
appreciativeness
thanks
recognition
acknowledgmentUS
indebtedness
credit
acknowledgementUK
thanksgiving
gramercy
tribute
commendation
responsiveness
sense of obligation
grace
requital
hat tip
debt
thank you note
Noun
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Something that restricts someone's freedom of action
tie
limitation
restriction
check
encumbrance
hindrance
restraint
commitment
constraint
curb
handicap
bind
impediment
obstruction
bar
obstacle
block
barrier
deterrent
difficulty
snag
drawback
catch
setback
stumbling block
brake
hitch
trammel
hiccup
problem
more ❯
Noun
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An authoritative order
command
order
direction
instruction
decree
dictate
directive
injunction
bidding
commandment
demand
requirement
edict
behest
mandate
fiat
exhortation
ordinance
precept
request
requisition
rule
stipulation
canon
charge
imperative
imposition
pronouncement
resolution
ruling
ultimatum
word
hest
prescript
regulation
rescript
statute
will
act
adjuration
briefing
call
devoir
dictation
dictum
diktat
exaction
interdiction
law
notification
ordering
proclamation
subpoena
summons
warrant
writ
do
say-so
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Noun
▲
The act of compelling observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation
enforcement
administration
application
imposition
implementation
prosecution
execution
administering
discharge
fulfillmentUS
fulfilmentUK
carrying out
effectuation
exaction
insistence
pursuance
reinforcement
requirement
coercion
compulsion
duress
enforcing
fulfilling
impulsion
lash
necessitation
prescription
pressure
spur
whip
compulsory law
martial law
putting into practice
more ❯
Noun
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The state or condition of being unavoidable
unavoidability
certainty
inevitability
inescapability
inexorability
necessity
requirement
inexorableness
stubbornness
pertinacity
doggedness
obduracy
intransigence
inflexibility
perseverance
rigidity
contumacy
grimness
rigidness
indomitability
inflexibleness
obstinacy
intransigency
relentlessness
bullheadedness
mulishness
pigheadedness
adamancy
remorselessness
incompliance
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Noun
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A need or reason to do or be something
occasion
cause
reason
call
excuse
justification
motive
grounds
inducement
necessity
provocation
rationale
antecedent
basis
causality
causation
incentive
need
requirement
foundation
pretext
stimulus
warrant
determinant
explanation
ground
influence
motivation
prompting
purpose
right
more ❯
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