obligation

Definition:
1. The social force that binds you to your obligations and 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.

Use 'obligation' in a sentence:

1. Additional loans and gifts from relatives, forthcoming because of group obligation rather than narrow investment calculation, have supplemented personal savings.
2. His commitments to the stepchildren will not reduce his obligation to his natural children.
3. We should fight for what we want because life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.
4. Co-operation was more than just an attractive option, it was an obligation.
5. People living in the same area should be considered a group under an obligation to create a comfortable living environment for the whole community.
6. While there are incentives to do it, there's no legal obligation to report it.
7. Humans have an obligation to try to save endangered animals, because it is our fault that they are going extinct.
8. They have to fulfil the obligations imposed on them by the treaties.
9. This obligation included both entertainment and instruction, which are not, says Baima odds with one another in these books, nor is entertainment the sweet coating on a didactic pill.
10. They felt under no obligation to maintain their employees.
11. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician.
12. Wilsons of the world as the painful obligation to explain the racial facts of life to someone who hadn't quite learned them yet.
13. If you are selling your property, why not call us for a free valuation without obligation?
14. First sons, and to some extent first daughters, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents.
15. The discharged obligation must be secured by the property you repossess.
16. He kept the secret for her out of a sense of obligation.
17. It is necessary for the member states to fulfil their obligations under the treaty.
18. According to Cynthia Pury, a psychologist at Clemson University, Pedeleose's story proves the point that courage is not motivated by fearlessness, but by moral obligation.
19. Where is the obligation there?
20. The only obligation, the only tax that was due from me applied to everyone.
21. The sons and daughters all consider it a moral obligation to look after their parents.;
22. Divorce releases both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other.
23. Ministers are under no obligation to follow the committee's recommendations.
24. They are under to obligation to repay debts incurred by the old regime.
25. His social obligation compels him to make a round of visits.
26. Every player is under an obligation to keep the rules.
27. If you are selling your property, why not call us for a free valuation without obligation.
28. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it.
29. It is the obligation of citizens to perform military service.
30. Employees are under no obligation to buy any products from their own company.
31. In fact, greater resources are needed to meet these obligations.
32. The way I see it are banks now having a greater obligation to the goal of a wider recovery.
33. In China, it is our responsibility and obligation to take compulsory education.
34. When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.
35. Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer these questions.
36. Regulations placed clear obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant.
37. South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law.
38. This obligation included both entertainment and instruction, which are not, says Baym, at odds with one another in these books, nor is entertainment the sweet coating on a didactic pill.
39. I hate it because it's an obligation disguised as an option.
40. She did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth.
41. You can review your policy in detail for a full 15 days without obligation.
42. We will send you an estimate for the work without obligation.
43. You are under no obligation to buy anything.
44. I have an ethical and a moral obligation to my client.
45. The United States will do that which is necessary to meet its obligations to its own citizens.
46. The new law released employers from their obligation to recognize unions.
47. The company has not fulfilled certain contractual obligations.
48. I don't want people coming to see me out of a sense of obligation.
49. We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.