obligation

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

obligations

1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
I feel I'm under obligation to attend my sister's wedding, even though we have a very frosty relationship.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
5.
(countable)Reason for being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.

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Đồng nghĩa

commitmentduty

Trái nghĩa

right

Cùng gốc / liên quan

counterobligationdisobligationcollateralized debt obligationcollateralized loan obligationdebt obligationholy day of obligationmoral obligationSunday obligationcollateralized fund obligationobligate obligated obligational obligato obligatorily oblige obligee obliger obliging obligingly obligingness

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English obligacioun, from Old French obligacion, from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from obligatum (past participle of obligare), from ob- (to) + ligare (to bind), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (to bind).