OBLIGATION
\ˌɒblɪɡˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɒblɪɡˈeɪʃən], \ˌɒ_b_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of OBLIGATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
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a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
By Princeton University
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a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
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a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of obligating.
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That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.
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Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
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The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.
By Oddity Software
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The act of obligating.
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That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.
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Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
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The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The binding power of a vow, promise, contract, or sense of duty; any duty imposed by law, by propriety, etc.; the state of being bound to return a favor; a written deed or bond by which one binds himself under penalty to do a thing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of obliging: that which binds: any act which binds one to do something for another: state of being indebted for a favor: (law) a bond containing a penalty on failure.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The binding power of a vow, promise or contract, or of law, independent of a promise; the state of being bound to return some favour or service; a bond with a condition annexed.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The binding power of a vow, promise, or oath; any act which binds one to do, or forbear to do, something to another, or for him; favour by which one is bound in gratitude.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of binding ;—the binding power of a vow, promise, oath, or contract, or of law, civil, political, or moral, independent of a promise ;—any specific act or deed by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something ;—state of being indebted for an act of favour or kindness ;- a bond with, a condition annexed.
