Vocabulary : Obligate to Obliged
Obligate : To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. ;; To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.Obligated : of Obligate
Obligating : of Obligate
Obligation : The act of obligating. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
Obligato : See Obbligato.
