obligations

NOUN

responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability agreement bond burden commitment constraint contract debt duty liability necessity need promise requirement right trust understanding

STRONG

IOU business call cause charge chit committal compulsion conscience debit devoir dues engagement must occasion onus part place restraint

WEAK

accountableness due bill ought

Antonyms

STRONGEST

asset disagreement disbelief irresponsibility misunderstanding

STRONG

freedom unemployment

Example Sentences

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"If you are talking about what it means to be employed and you are talking about rights, then you also have to talk about obligations," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

The other eight vendors’ total obligations of $10,000 and $6,666 are placeholder allocations designed to grant them a position in the vendor pool.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

But our partnership now carries expectations and, in some instances, nonnegotiable obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Support for Strategy’s preferred dividend payments ultimately comes from the company’s Bitcoin holdings, which could be sold to meet those obligations.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

These young people showed an indifference toward the war, disrupted youth service obligations, and listened illegally to foreign radio broadcasts.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti