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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.
- Oblige - v. t. - To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
- Acceptilation - n. - Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
- 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.).
- Duty - n. - That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.
- Corvee - n. - An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.
- Re-demption - n. - Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.
- Release - n. - To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
- 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.
- Discharge - v. t. - To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.
- 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.
- Specialty - n. - A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
- Shall - v. i. & auxiliary. - To owe; to be under obligation for.
- Astriction - n. - An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.
- Feudalism - n. - The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.
- Testimonial - a. - Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.
- 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.
- 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.
- Owing - P. p. & a. - Had or held under obligation of paying; due.
- 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.
- Renew - v. t. - Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.
- 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.
- 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.
- Excuse - v. t. - To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.
- Independent - n. - One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
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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