OBLIGATION

n. 1 responsibility, duty, charge, burden, onus; accountability, liability, trust; demand, requirement, compulsion, Literary devoir It was Frank's obligation to get the children home safely Civil servants have an obligation to serve the people. I could never fulfil all my obligations. 2 constraint, requirement, contract, promise, pledge, bond, agreement, covenant The company is under no obligation to replace a product because the customer dislikes its colour I am under an obligation to her for introducing us. 3 debt, liability Denby may be unable to meet all his obligations