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obligated

[ ob-li-gey-tid ]

adjective

  1. bound by law or regulation, moral principle, duty, etc.; obliged:

    My supervisors talked with me regularly about my ambitions and struggles, not because they felt obligated, but because they truly cared.

  2. (of funds, property, etc.) pledged, committed, or bound, as to meet an obligation:

    If a parent is unable to pay the obligated amount, they are free to request the court to modify the child support order.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of obligate ( def ).
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Other Words From

  • non·ob·li·gat·ed adjective
  • qua·si-ob·li·gat·ed adjective
  • un·ob·li·gat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obligated1

First recorded in 1730–40; obligate ( def ) + -ed 2( def ); for the adjective senses; obligate ( def ) + -ed 1( def ) for the verb sense
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Example Sentences

“It means, rather, that we are obligated to ... uphold our core responsibility of ensuring safe, reliable and affordable utility service.”

If Canberra pulls out, the NRL is then obligated to drop the PNG team.

From BBC

So I felt obligated to write about it, to bring the readers into as much of that behind-the-scenes experience as possible.

However, in a statement it added, that: “The State of Israel remains obligated to the fulfilment of the conditions of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.”

From BBC

I’m just obligated here, as a sidebar, to keep flagging instances of Alanis being an ally to my people.

From Salon

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