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obligation
Overview of noun obligation
The noun obligation has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (14) duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)
2. obligation -- (the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job")
3. obligation, indebtedness -- (a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor)
4. obligation -- (a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun obligation
4 senses of obligation
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
obligation
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
obligation, indebtedness
=> personal relation, personal relationship
=> relationship, human relationship
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
obligation
=> written agreement
=> agreement, understanding
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
=> document, written document, papers
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun obligation
3 of 4 senses of obligation
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> job
=> guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
=> moral obligation
=> noblesse oblige
=> burden of proof
=> civic duty, civic responsibility
=> filial duty
=> imperative
=> incumbency
=> legal duty
=> line of duty
=> white man's burden
=> prerequisite, requirement
=> requirement, demand
Sense 2
obligation
=> indebtedness, liability, financial obligation
Sense 4
obligation
=> debt
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun obligation
4 senses of obligation
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
=> social control
Sense 2
obligation
=> state
Sense 3
obligation, indebtedness
=> personal relation, personal relationship
Sense 4
obligation
=> written agreement
Antonyms of noun obligation
Member Holonyms of noun obligation
Substance Holonyms of noun obligation
Part Holonyms of noun obligation
Member Meronyms of noun obligation
Substance Meronyms of noun obligation
Part Meronyms of noun obligation
Meronyms of noun obligation
Holonyms of noun obligation
Attributes of noun obligation
Derived Forms of noun obligation
4 senses of obligation
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
RELATED TO>(verb) obligate#1
=> compel, oblige, obligate
RELATED TO>(verb) oblige#1
=> compel, oblige, obligate
Sense 2
obligation
RELATED TO>(verb) obligate#2
=> obligate
RELATED TO>(verb) obligate#3
=> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
Sense 3
obligation, indebtedness
RELATED TO>(verb) oblige#3
=> oblige, accommodate
Sense 4
obligation
RELATED TO>(verb) obligate#3
=> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
RELATED TO>(verb) oblige#2
=> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
Domain of noun obligation
Domain Terms of noun obligation
Familiarity of noun obligation
obligation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun obligation
4 senses of obligation
Sense 1
duty, responsibility, obligation
> social control
=> auto limitation
=> sanction
=> population control
=> government, governing, governance, government activity
=> enforcement
=> domination
=> socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
=> duty, responsibility, obligation
=> occupation, military control
=> management, direction
=> privation, deprivation
=> appeasement, calming
=> nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation
=> denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation
=> detribalization, detribalisation
=> discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> patronage
=> mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
=> demobilization, demobilisation
=> standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
=> punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
=> corrections
Sense 2
obligation
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Sense 3
obligation, indebtedness
> personal relation, personal relationship
=> bonding
=> obligation, indebtedness
Sense 4
obligation
> written agreement
=> contract
HAS INSTANCE=> Articles of Confederation
=> submission
=> covenant, compact, concordat
=> indenture
=> obligation
=> treaty, pact, accord
=> escrow
Meronyms of noun obligation
4 senses of obligation
Sense 4
obligation
=> written agreement
=> agreement, understanding
HAS PART: condition, term
=> legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
=> document, written document, papers
HAS PART: article, clause
HAS PART: preamble
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun obligation
Grep of noun obligation
financial obligation
holy day of obligation
moral obligation
obligation
Grep of adj obligation
obligational
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