Definition
an obligation: something you must do, a duty, a commitment, a responsibility
to be obliged to (do something): to have to, to need to, to be forced to (do something)
- "I would have replied earlier, however my accounting obligations prevented me from checking my email until the early afternoon, and then an unfortunate incident occurred during my bathroom break, when my necktie got caught in the zipper of my pants."
- "Rather, food manufacturers will be legally obliged to show a "gruesome" image of an obese person."
- "It is therefore my obligation to inform you that the contract between our two companies is hereby terminated."
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