Definitions For Obligation

noun

  • The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
  • A legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
  • A written promise to repay a debt
  • A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
  • The state of being obligated to do or pay something
  • Something that you must do because of a law, rule, promise, etc.
  • Something that you must do because it is morally right

Is Obligation a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
17

The word Obligation is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Obligation in a Sentence

  • She believes that all people have a moral obligation to defend human rights.
  • He argues that people in a community have certain obligations to each other.
  • She failed to fulfill her obligations as a parent.

Synonyms for Obligation

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