without obligation
idiom
: without being required to do anything else (such as buy something)
You can try the machine for free without obligation.
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All birth mother services are free and without obligation.
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Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
For those of us who occasionally need breaks from all the hugging and physical eye contact, fall reading is a way to be present without obligation.
—Glamour, 29 Oct. 2021
And do so without obligation or guilt.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 June 2021
Futures require the holder to buy or sell an asset at a specific future date, and options are similar but grant the owner the choice to do so without obligation.
—Amrith Ramkumar and Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2020
Payment would not come without obligation.
—Reed W. Anfinson, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
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Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
For those of us who occasionally need breaks from all the hugging and physical eye contact, fall reading is a way to be present without obligation.
—Glamour, 29 Oct. 2021
And do so without obligation or guilt.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 June 2021
Futures require the holder to buy or sell an asset at a specific future date, and options are similar but grant the owner the choice to do so without obligation.
—Amrith Ramkumar and Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2020
Payment would not come without obligation.
—Reed W. Anfinson, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
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“Without obligation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20obligation. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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