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| Main Entry: | obligation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, accountability, agreement, bond, burden, business, call, cause, charge, chit*, commitment, compulsion, conscience, constraint, contract, debit, debt, dues, duty, engagement, liability, must, necessity, need, occasion, onus, part, place, promise, requirement, restraint, right, trust, understanding, accountableness, committal, devoir, due bill, ought |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | obligation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
by stress of, if need be, necessarily, needs must, of course, of necessity, perforce, reciprocal, rote, syntrophic, will he nill he, willing or unwilling
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| Main Entry: | allegiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
| Main Entry: | arrears |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debt |
| Synonyms: | claim, debit, deficiency, deficit, liability, obligation, back payment, balance due, unpaid bill |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, deal |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, indenture, liability, obligation, pact, paper, pledge, promise, proof, record, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding, concordat, handshake, mise |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, misunderstanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money owed to others |
| Synonyms: | IOU, albatross*, arrears, bad news*, baggage*, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit*, claim, commitment, credit, cuff*, damage*, debenture, debit, deficit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, in the red, indebtedness, invoice, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, price tag*, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher, arrearage, below the line, dead horse, in hock, in the hole, outstandings, red ink |
| Antonyms: | asset, cash, credit, excess, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for membership |
| Synonyms: | ante, assessment, charge, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, tax, toll, arrearage, charges, rates |
| Main Entry: | enforcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement to obey; implementation of rule(s) |
| Synonyms: | administration, application, coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, execution, imposition, insistence, lash, martial law, obligation, prescription, pressure, prosecution, reinforcement, spur, whip, carrying out, compulsory law, enforcing, exaction, fulfilling, impulsion, necessitation |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, forgetfulness, neglect, renunciation, slight |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gratitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appreciation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, grace, honor, indebtedness, obligation, praise, recognition, requital, response, thanks, appreciativeness, gratefulness, responsiveness, sense of obligation, thankfulness, thanksgiving |
| Antonyms: | ingratitude, thanklessness |
| Main Entry: | must |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, essential |
| Synonyms: | charge, commitment, condition, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, committal, devoir, ought, precondition, sine qua non |
| Main Entry: | necessity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, essentiality |
| Synonyms: | call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, duress, essence, essential, exigency, fundamental, godsend*, imperative, must, necessary, obligation, pinch, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, stress, urgency, want, desideratum, exaction, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, precondition, sine qua non, undeniability, vital part, vitals |
| Antonyms: | desire, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | onus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, black eye*, blame, blot, blur, brand, charge, duty, encumbrance, fault, guilt, incubus, liability, load, millstone*, obligation, odium, oppression, responsibility, slur, spot, stain, stigma, task, tax, weight, culpability, deadweight |
| Antonyms: | aid, benefit, blessing, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protocol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation |
| Synonyms: | agreement, code, compact, concordat, contract, conventions, courtesy, covenant, custom, decorum, etiquette, formalities, good form, manners, obligation, order, p's and q's, pact, politesse, propriety, treaty |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, crudeness, impropriety |
| Main Entry: | requirement/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, want |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, specification, stipulation, terms, urgency, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, sine qua non, vital part |
| Antonyms: | desire, option, wish |
| Main Entry: | stipulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition of agreement |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arrangement, clause, contract, designation, engagement, fine print, limit, obligation, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, settlement, small print*, specification, term, terms, circumscription, precondition, sine qua non, string attached |
| Antonyms: | implication, request, wish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entry |
| Synonyms: | account, arrears, charge, debt, deficit, indebtedness, liability, obligation, accounts, amount due, bills, collectible |
| Antonyms: | credit, settlement, tally |
| Main Entry: | indebtedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit |
| Synonyms: | debit, debt, liability, obligation, responsibility |
| Main Entry: | requirement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, specification, stipulation, stress, terms, urgency, want, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, vital part |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking, hap, office function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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