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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obligations

At the time, Alaba said: "There has been no attempt to avoid my financial obligations, and I am wholeheartedly committed to ensuring that the liability is met in full."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Opening a local bank account can also inadvertently create additional reporting obligations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

U.S. stocks fell as fears mounted that artificial-intelligence profits would not come soon enough to meet increasingly expensive credit obligations for CoreWeave and other aspiring hyperscalers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

AI agents should be equipped with "safety brakes" that users could activate in the event of an incident and AI providers should face mandatory incident-reporting obligations, he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Besides, you know this time of year is busy with Independence Day, el Dia de los Muertos, las Posadas. We have too many obligations already.”

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

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