Obligation

//ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩//

Synonyms for "obligation" (205 found)

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157 translations across 52 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • do bërë noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Arabic

3 entries
  • فَرِيضَة noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • وَاجِب noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • وَظِيفَة noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պարտականություն noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • պարտավորություն noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • borc noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • borc noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • vəzifə noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • öhdəlik noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • абавя́зак noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • абавя́зак noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • абавяза́цельства noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • доўг noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • дълг noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • задълже́ние noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Catalan

3 entries
  • compromís noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • obligació noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • obligació noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 義務 /义务 noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • 責任 /责任 noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Czech

4 entries
  • povinnost noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • povinnost noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • závazek noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • závazek noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Danish

4 entries
  • forpligtelse noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • pligt noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • pligt noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • pligt noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)

Dutch

2 entries
  • plicht noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • verplichting noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • devo noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • devo noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • sindevigo noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • ŝuldiĝo noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Finnish

4 entries
  • sitoumus noun (legal agreement)
  • sitoutuminen noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • velvollisuus noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • velvollisuus noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)

French

4 entries
  • obligation noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • obligation noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • obligation noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • obligation noun (legal agreement)

Galician

4 entries
  • obriga noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • obriga noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • obriga noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • obrigación noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ვალდებულება noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

German

2 entries
  • Pflicht noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • Verpflichtung noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Greek

2 entries
  • υποχρέωση noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • υποχρέωση noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Hindi

3 entries
  • दायित्व noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • नैतिक noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • नैतिकता noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elkötelezettség noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • elköteleződés noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • kötelesség noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • kötelezettség noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Irish

4 entries
  • dualgas noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • oibleagáid noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • oibleagáid noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • oibleagáid noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)

Italian

4 entries
  • dovere noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • obbligazione noun (legal agreement)
  • obbligo noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • vincolo noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 義務 noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • 責任 noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • міндеттеме noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Korean

2 entries
  • 의무 noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • 책임 noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Kyrgyz

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  • милдеттенме noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Latin

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  • obligātiō noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • задолжение noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • обврска noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Māori

3 entries
  • herenga noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • herenga noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • takohanga noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forpliktelse noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • plikt noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اصر noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • اصر noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • منت noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • منت noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)

Persian

1 entries
  • وظیفه noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Flicht noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • Flicht noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Polish

4 entries
  • obowiązek noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • powinność noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • zobowiązanie noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • zobowiązanie noun (legal agreement)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • compromisso noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • obrigação noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • obrigação noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Romanian

3 entries
  • obligare noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • obligație noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • obligație noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Russian

4 entries
  • долг noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • долг noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • обя́занность noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • обя́занность noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • comain noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • comain noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • còir noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • còir noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ȍbaveza noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • ȍbveza noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • о̏бавеза noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • о̏бвеза noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Slovak

4 entries
  • povinnosť noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • povinnosť noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • záväzok noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • záväzok noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Slovene

1 entries
  • obveznost noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Spanish

4 entries
  • compromiso noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • compromiso noun (legal agreement)
  • deber noun (course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience)
  • deber noun (legal agreement)

Swahili

1 entries
  • wajibu noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Swedish

3 entries
  • förpliktelse noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • plikt noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • skyldighet noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • harapin noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • harapin noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)
  • harapin noun (legal agreement)

Tajik

1 entries
  • вазифа noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • amerwas noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ārk noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Turkish

3 entries
  • vazife noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • yükümlülük noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • yükümlülük noun (social, legal, or moral requirement)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • борг noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • зобов'я́зання noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • зобов'яза́ння noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • обо́в'язок noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • burch noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • majburiyat noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)
  • vazifa noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nghĩa vụ noun (act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone)

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You have no obligation to help us.

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We have a legal obligation to pay our taxes.

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It is our obligation to help.

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It is the obligation of every worker to pay taxes.

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