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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He also concluded the "right to life" legal obligations in Article 2 of the Human Rights Act had been triggered in this case.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The issue raises serious concerns about the protection of seafarers and international maritime obligations, according to Arif Sinan Unlu, lawyer and mediator.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The bigger question is whether the community can comfortably meet those obligations and maintain healthy occupancy rates to support the enterprise.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The company’s remaining performance obligations, a measure of its backlog, came in at $18.4 billion, while analysts had been looking for $17.9 billion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

What is a person to do, I asked, when their obligations to their family conflict with other obligations—to friends, to society, to themselves?

From "Educated" by Tara Westover