Obligation I Sense Noun ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃn ˌɑːblɪˈɡeɪʃn Buy Feel

• you are under no obligation to buy anything.
• she did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth.
• i don't want people coming to see me out of a sense of obligation.
• we will send you an estimate for the work without obligation (= you do not have to accept it).

obligation

1. the state of being forced to do something because it is your duty, or because of a law, etc.
• You are under no obligation to buy anything.
• She did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth.
• I don't want people coming to see me out of a sense of obligation.
• We will send you an estimate for the work without obligation (= you do not have to accept it).

Extra Examples

• I am under no obligation to tell you my name.
• Our mortgage advice is given free and without obligation.
2. something which you must do because you have promised, because of a law, etc.
• SYNONYM commitment
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/commitment
• legal/professional/financial obligations
• They reminded him of his contractual obligations.
• The country has promised to comply with its international obligations.
• We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.
• I have an obligation under law to protect their confidentiality.
• I felt that there was a moral obligation on me to tell the story.
• We want to fulfil our obligation to farmers and see they get a fair price.
• The company did not have enough money to meet its obligations.
• We have an obligation to our consumers.

Extra Examples

• I can't travel next month because of family obligations.
• The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations.
• obligations arising from your contract of employment
• the obligations of citizenship

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘formal promise’): via Old French from Latin obligatio(n-), from the verb obligare, from ob- ‘towards’ + ligare ‘to bind’.