Definitions for Obligations
obli·ga·tions

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1. obligations

   An obligation is a course of action that someone is required to take, whether legal or moral. Obligations are constraints; they limit freedom. People who are under obligations may choose to freely act under obligations. Obligation exists when there is a choice to do what is morally good and what is morally unacceptable. There are also obligations in other normative contexts, such as obligations of etiquette, social obligations, religious, and possibly in terms of politics, where obligations are requirements which must be fulfilled. These are generally legal obligations, which can incur a penalty for non-fulfilment, although certain people are obliged to carry out certain actions for other reasons as well, whether as a tradition or for social reasons. Obligations vary from person to person: for example, a person holding a political office will generally have far more obligations than an average adult citizen, who themselves will have more obligations than a child. Obligations are generally granted in return for an increase in an individual's rights or power.

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1. obligationsnoun

   Plural noun of obligation.

   The political parties have roles, responsibilities and obligations to fulfill once they get elected to government.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 17, 2016  

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   Rank popularity for the word 'Obligations' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4622

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1. Alex

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   Libby

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Obligations in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Obligations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Obligations in a Sentence

1. Leonard Rubenstein:

   Policies barring participation in interrogation and force feeding are necessary to enable health professionals to fulfill ethical obligations adopted by the health professions to avoid inflicting harm, to be loyal to their patients, and to exercise independent professional judgment, adherence to these ethical standards protects the rights of members of the military and detainees in military custody and also makes our military stronger by avoiding a gulf between military and civilian medicine that could impair recruiting of well qualified health professionals.

2. Mike Pence:

   The truth is, if we don't get this economy growing at 3 percent or more, as the president believes that we can, we're never going to meet the obligations that we've made today.

3. Philipp Rickenbacher:

   The contractual framework allows us to implement requirements under MiFID II in our advisory process and ensure we meet the obligations.

4. The UN experts:

   We appeal to the US Government to respect the right to adequate housing ... and to ensure that it abides by its international obligations, including with respect to the rights of indigenous peoples.

5. Premier Li Keqiang:

   China has already fulfilled its obligations on joining the WTO. What's needed now is for the other parties to fulfil the matching obligations they had promised, we don't want to fight a trade war because this will benefit nobody.

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References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligations