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- Obligation - n. - The act of obligating.
- Obligation - n. - 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.
- Obligation - n. - 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.
- Obligation - n. - 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.
- Obligation - n. - 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.
- Nazarite - n. - A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.
- Breach - n. - Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
- Salvor - n. - One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.
- Bond - n. - A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.
- Quasi - - As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.
- Should - imp. - Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.
- Recognizance - n. - An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.
- Redeem - v. t. - To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
- Release - n. - Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
- Quit - a. - To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.
- Suretyship - n. - The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another.
- Shall - v. i. & auxiliary. - To owe; to be under obligation for.
- Specialty - n. - A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
- Defy - v. t. - To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
- Oblige - v. t. - To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
- Dispensation - n. - The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
- Pay - v. t. - To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
- Owe - v. - To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to iwe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.
- Acceptilation - n. - Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
- Shall - v. i. & auxiliary. - As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall come when . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we shall see; and there is always a less distinct and positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by will. "I shall go" implies nearly a simple futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic "I will go." In a question, the relation of speaker and source of obligation is of course transferred to the person addressed; as, "Shall you go?" (answer, "I shall go"); "Shall he go?" i. e., "Do you require or promise his going?" (answer, "He shall go".) The same relation is transferred to either second or third person in such phrases as "You say, or think, you shall go;" "He says, or thinks, he shall go." After a conditional conjunction (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are right. Should is everywhere used in the same connection and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be omitted.
- Bind - v. t. - To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
- Redeem - v. t. - To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.
- Astriction - n. - An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.
- Engagement - n. - That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.
- Warrandice - n. - The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty.
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- H632 אֱסָר - 632 אֱסָר - אֱסָר - - ʼĕçâr - es-sawr' - or אִסָּר; from אָסַר; an obligation or vow (of abstinence); binding, bond. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G1658 ἐλεύθερος - 1658 ἐλεύθερος - ἘΛΕΎΘΕΡΟΣ - - eleútheros - el-yoo'-ther-os - probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι; unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability):--free (man, woman), at liberty. - Adjective - greek
- G2171 εὐχή - 2171 εὐχή - ΕὐΧΉ - - euchḗ - yoo-khay' - from εὔχομαι; properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation:--prayer, vow. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H3867 לָוָה - 3867 לָוָה - לָוָה - - lâvâh - law-vaw' - a primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend; abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er). - Verb - heb
- G3782 ὀφειλή - 3782 ὀφειλή - ὈΦΕΙΛΉ - - opheilḗ - of-i-lay' - from ὀφείλω; indebtedness, i.e. (concretely) a sum owed; figuratively, obligation, i.e. (conjugal) duty:--debt, due. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G3784 ὀφείλω - 3784 ὀφείλω - ὈΦΕΊΛΩ - - opheílō - of-i-leh'-o - probably from the base of ὄφελος (through the idea of accruing); to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty:--behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should. See also ὄφελον. - Verb - greek
- G2218 ζυγός - 2218 ζυγός - ΖΥΓΌΣ - - zygós - dzoo-gos' - from the root of (to join, especially by a "yoke"); a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales):--pair of balances, yoke. - Noun Masculine - greek