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  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

How to pronounce obligations?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. State John Kerry:

   The arms embargo is not tied to snapback, it is tied to a separate set of obligations. So they are not in material breach of the nuclear agreement for violating the arms piece of it.

2. Comptroller Leslie Munger:

   The fact is that our state simply does not have the revenue to meet its obligations.

3. State Department:

   The secretary expressed grave concern about the sharp increase in separatist attacks in Eastern Ukraine, and urged an immediate ceasefire and full implementation of Minsk obligations.

4. Jean Rostand:

   We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

5. Gordon Trowbridge:

   The hearing is part of the process that we would need to go through to determine whether or not Chrysler is meeting its obligations.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligations