1. The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
   "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"
   - duty, responsibility 
2. The state of being obligated to do or pay something
   "he is under an obligation to finish the job" 
3. A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favour
   - indebtedness 
4. A written promise to repay a debt
   - debt instrument, certificate of indebtedness 
5. A legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

Derived forms: obligations

See also: obligate, obligational, oblige

Type of: document, personal relation, personal relationship, social control, state, written agreement

Encyclopedia: Obligation

• self-seeking
• self-service
• self-serving
• self-sowed
• self-sown
• self-starter
• self-stimulation
• self-styled
• self-sufficiency
• self-sufficient
• self-sufficing
• self-suggestion
• self-supporting
• self-sustained
• self-sustaining
• self-taught
• self-taught art
• self-torment
• self-torture
• self-whispered
• self-will
• self-willed
• self-winding
• self-worship
• self-worth