Definition for Obligation:

• Binding agreement esp. one enforceable under legal penalty, written contract or bond; constraining power of a law, precept, duty, contract, &c. ( of o., obligatory); one\'s bounden duty, a duty, burdensome task; ( indebtedness for) service or benefit( be, put, under an o.; repay an o.). [ old French]

Synonyms for Obligation:

• n.

  •
  • guardianship,
  • onus,
  • trust,
  • concern,
  • accountability.
  •
  • charge,
  • thankful,
  • appreciation,
  • commitment,
  • grateful,
  • burden,
  • appreciative,
  • gratitude.
  •
  • due,
  • Arrearage.
  •act (noun)
  • thing.
  •affair (noun)
  • profession,
  • task,
  • assignment,
  • concern,
  • project,
  • topic,
  • occupation,
  • province,
  • undertaking,
  • job,
  • calling,
  • mission,
  • employment,
  • responsibility,
  • subject.
  •allegiance (noun)
  • dedication,
  • consecration,
  • devotion,
  • fidelity,
  • obedience,
  • faithfulness,
  • fealty,
  • constancy,
  • homage,
  • deference.
  •appreciation (noun)
  • gratefulness,
  • gratitude,
  • thanks,
  • indebtedness.
  •arrears (noun)
  • deficit.
  •bond (noun)
  • debenture,
  • covenant,
  • pledge,
  • warranty,
  • tie,
  • pact,
  • compact,
  • warrant,
  • bargain,
  • guaranty,
  • word.
  •call (noun)
  • grounds,
  • urge.
  •charge (noun)
  • care,
  • office,
  • weight,
  • tax.
  •command (noun)
  • devoir,
  • ultimatum,
  • mandate,
  • law,
  • demand,
  • imperative.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • duress,
  • coercion,
  • intimidation,
  • propulsion,
  • urge,
  • motivation,
  • pressure,
  • compulsion,
  • stimulation,
  • incitement.
  •debit (noun)
  • amount due.
  •debt (noun)
  • default,
  • delinquency,
  • arrears,
  • voucher,
  • iou,
  • deficit,
  • debt,
  • note,
  • mortgage,
  • indebtedness,
  • loan,
  • debit,
  • liability.
  •duty (noun)
  • responsibility,
  • business,
  • duty.
  •gratitude (noun)
  • appreciativeness,
  • sense of obligation.
  •necessity (noun)
  • burden,
  • commitment.
  •obligation (noun)
  • compulsion,
  • DUES,
  • part,
  • occasion,
  • committal,
  • agreement,
  • bond,
  • requirement,
  • debt,
  • demand,
  • mandate,
  • ought,
  • constraint,
  • charge,
  • devoir,
  • iou,
  • responsibility,
  • restraint,
  • contract,
  • inexorability,
  • burden,
  • call,
  • business,
  • must,
  • debit,
  • Accountableness,
  • cause,
  • trust,
  • accountability,
  • right,
  • understanding,
  • duty,
  • due bill,
  • commitment,
  • liability,
  • engagement,
  • necessity,
  • need,
  • chit,
  • onus,
  • conscience,
  • place,
  • promise.
  •promise (noun)
  • bond,
  • understanding,
  • vow,
  • guarantee,
  • pact,
  • assurance,
  • pledge,
  • contract,
  • oath,
  • compact,
  • arrangement,
  • consent,
  • mutual agreement,
  • engagement,
  • stipulation,
  • agreement,
  • promise,
  • covenant.
  •requirement (noun)
  • imperative,
  • condition,
  • inevitability,
  • requisite,
  • proviso,
  • prerequisite,
  • enforcement.
  •tie (noun)
  • tie.
  •trust (noun)
  • guardianship.

• v.

  •contract (verb)
  • protocol.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • appreciative,
  • grateful,
  • affair,
  • thankful,
  • blame,
  • ownership,
  • Arrearage,
  • steadfastness,
  • work,
  • onus,
  • solemn word,
  • remit,
  • tax,
  • hat,
  • guardianship,
  • gratitude,
  • word of honor.
  •
  • compulsory,
  • assess,
  • concern,
  • fealty,
  • allegiance,
  • call,
  • obligate,
  • obligatory,
  • beholden,
  • impose,
  • constancy,
  • expense,
  • thankfully,
  • fault,
  • job,
  • baton,
  • faithfulness,
  • obliged,
  • warranty,
  • loyalty.
  •
  • enforce,
  • trust,
  • certify,
  • fidelity,
  • necessary,
  • commitment,
  • commission,
  • required.
  •
  • guaranty.
  •
  • warrant,
  • appreciation,
  • put.
  •
  • charge,
  • commit,
  • engage,
  • burden,
  • bound.
  •
  • word.
  •
  • thing.
  •fee
  • DUES.
  •responsibility
  • load.
  •Other relevant words:
  • shift,
  • contingency,
  • befit,
  • beholden,
  • fate,
  • obliged,
  • devotion,
  • make good,
  • bizarre,
  • Behooving,
  • purpose,
  • appreciativeness,
  • resolution,
  • word,
  • plight,
  • pertain to,
  • do justice to,
  • certify,
  • ought to,
  • Necessariness,
  • qualification,
  • enforcement,
  • grounds,
  • amount due,
  • terms,
  • appreciation,
  • benefit,
  • fault,
  • eventuality,
  • parameter,
  • courtesy,
  • borrowing,
  • rest with,
  • force,
  • accountable,
  • troth,
  • clause,
  • compulsiveness,
  • line of duty,
  • programme,
  • sine qua non,
  • guaranty,
  • due,
  • vocation,
  • impediment,
  • cartel,
  • burden,
  • behoove,
  • peculiar,
  • restraint,
  • proneness,
  • enforce,
  • strain,
  • office,
  • deference,
  • improve,
  • recognizance,
  • fine print,
  • kindness,
  • bad debt,
  • program,
  • necessitation,
  • characteristic,
  • small print,
  • acknowledgement,
  • apt,
  • thankfulness,
  • abnormal,
  • ultimatum,
  • vulnerability,
  • provision,
  • blame,
  • homework,
  • faith,
  • word of honor,
  • venture,
  • homage,
  • incumbency,
  • curious,
  • engage,
  • place,
  • Donnee,
  • baton,
  • chit,
  • mission,
  • eccentric,
  • operation,
  • shtick,
  • obligate,
  • post,
  • berth,
  • involuntary servitude,
  • individual,
  • thankfully,
  • Necessitude,
  • proposition,
  • benefaction,
  • remit,
  • onus,
  • FINANCIAL COMMITMENT,
  • loyalty,
  • escape clause,
  • fidelity,
  • Thank one's stars,
  • be answerable for,
  • respect,
  • indebted to,
  • liable,
  • ownership,
  • topic,
  • given,
  • constancy,
  • likelihood,
  • appointment,
  • benignity,
  • bondage,
  • funded debt,
  • call,
  • encumbrance,
  • underwrite,
  • commitment,
  • Charges,
  • odd,
  • mercy,
  • function,
  • aptitude,
  • job,
  • good turn,
  • grateful,
  • answer for,
  • signing on,
  • cause,
  • distinctive,
  • escape hatch,
  • load,
  • bound,
  • occasion,
  • feeling of obligation,
  • tax,
  • Underwriting,
  • Obligement,
  • bills,
  • required,
  • part,
  • probability,
  • Whereas,
  • accusation,
  • aptness,
  • mitzvah,
  • position,
  • do duty,
  • affirmation,
  • exertion,
  • extraordinary,
  • project,
  • work,
  • routine,
  • clauses,
  • kind offices,
  • secure,
  • take upon oneself,
  • command,
  • verbal agreement,
  • have to,
  • escalator clause,
  • answerable,
  • chargeability,
  • protocol,
  • likeliness,
  • Forcing,
  • subscription,
  • charge,
  • role,
  • undertaking,
  • chance,
  • do one's duty,
  • thanks,
  • trust,
  • calling,
  • kind deed,
  • ought,
  • faithfulness,
  • good offices,
  • imperious,
  • intention,
  • benevolence,
  • slavery,
  • uncollectible,
  • service,
  • area,
  • attempt,
  • tie,
  • blessing,
  • task,
  • bound by,
  • severe,
  • accounts payable,
  • care,
  • possibility,
  • conscience,
  • Indebtment,
  • saving clause,
  • appreciative,
  • effort,
  • joker,
  • necessary,
  • obedience,
  • warranty,
  • anomalous,
  • never forget,
  • assess,
  • accounts receivable,
  • shall,
  • thankful,
  • weight,
  • chore,
  • activity,
  • account payable,
  • particular,
  • tour,
  • should,
  • specification,
  • moral obligation,
  • public debt,
  • FLOATING DEBT,
  • dedication,
  • outstanding debt,
  • irresistibility,
  • fealty,
  • exceptional,
  • parole,
  • commission,
  • insurance,
  • profession,
  • hat,
  • devolve on,
  • guardianship,
  • Compulsatory,
  • weakness,
  • put,
  • enterprise,
  • steadfastness,
  • boundary condition,
  • accountability,
  • quota,
  • stringent,
  • province,
  • impose,
  • string,
  • committal,
  • coaction,
  • Obligatoriness,
  • turn,
  • answerability,
  • assignment,
  • subject,
  • term,
  • DUES,
  • due bill,
  • Became,
  • Liableness,
  • anxiety,
  • sense of obligation,
  • consecration,
  • captivity,
  • allegiance,
  • peremptory,
  • employment,
  • law,
  • national debt,
  • commit,
  • devoir,
  • having to,
  • kicker,
  • worry,
  • give security,
  • under obligation,
  • beseem,
  • solemn word,
  • tariff,
  • Arrearage,
  • act of grace,
  • Preengagement,
  • stress,
  • compulsory,
  • essential,
  • on,
  • gratitude,
  • inexorable necessity,
  • binding,
  • kindly act,
  • good deed,
  • occupation,
  • responsibleness,
  • allotment,
  • stretch,
  • maturity,
  • incumbent on,
  • become,
  • thing,
  • affair,
  • tension,
  • favour,
  • concern,
  • expense,
  • bit,
  • score,
  • time,
  • favor,
  • call of duty,
  • Accountableness,
  • obligatory,
  • subjection,
  • belong to,
  • deal,
  • share,
  • labor of love,
  • debenture,
  • different,
  • lesson,
  • stint,
  • bargain,
  • owe,
  • plan,
  • ethics,
  • Beau Geste,
  • catch,
  • warrant,
  • saddled with,
  • bill,
  • gratefulness,
  • chits,
  • provisions,
  • trade.

Antonyms for Obligation:

• n.

  • responsibility
    disbelief, asset, freedom, unemployment, misunderstanding, irresponsibility, disagreement.
  • Other antonyms:
    exemption, stay, release, asset, repayment, grace, choice, ease, quietus, quittance, relief, loophole, waiver, option, discharge, postponement.