Entry Word: obligation

Function: noun

Meaning: something one must do because of prior agreement <their financial obligations keep them from giving to charities as much as they would like>

Synonyms burden, charge, commitment, duty, need, responsibility

Related Words pledge, promise; arrangement, prearrangement, setup; compact, contract, covenant, pact; payment, tribute; compulsion, constraint, restraint; must, requirement; coercion, duress, force; appointment, engagement, reservation

Near Antonyms grace, postponement, stay; discharge, exemption, release, waiver; alternative, choice, option, pick, preference, selection