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noun as in responsibility
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accountability, agreement, bond, burden, commitment, constraint, contract, debt, duty, liability, necessity, need, promise, requirement, right, trust, understanding
Strong matches
business, call, cause, charge, chit, committal, compulsion, conscience, debit, devoir, dues, engagement, IOU, must, occasion, onus, part, place, restraint
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Example Sentences
It was committed to transparency but there was "an expectation and obligation that the customer completes their own due diligence".
“Officers owe a special duty and have a special obligation to keep the trust of the citizens they police,” Judge Wesley L. Hsu, who handed down the sentence, said at the hearing Friday.
One Putin ally has said publicly that Trump has “obligations” to those who brought him into power.
It is my duty to honour my constitutional and church responsibilities, so exact timings will be decided once a review of necessary obligations has been completed, including those in England and in the Anglican Communion.
Doctors would also not be under any obligation to take part in the assisted dying process.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.