obligates
Makes it required
Obligates is the third-person singular form of the verb obligate, which means to bind someone to a course of action, typically through legal, moral, or contractual duty.
The contract obligates both parties to maintain confidentiality.
When something obligates you, it creates a requirement or commitment you cannot easily escape.
The word carries more formal weight than simply "requires"—it suggests a binding force with consequences for noncompliance.
Accepting the scholarship obligates her to work in the state for three years after graduation.
Strength or compulsion
- coerceObtain by intimidation
- requireTo make necessary
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- necessitateMake unavoidable or essential
impose · enforce · constrain · compel · bind · dictate · pressure · demand
Enforceable written agreement
- bindFasten or obligate
- encumberTo burden or hinder
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- enforceableAble to be upheld
breach · compliance · statute · covenant · lien · mortgage · collateral · indenture
State of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- serviceAid or maintenance
- ethicallyWith moral correctness
morally · professionally · socially · religiously · culturally · pledge · promise · expectation
force
Strength or compulsion
necessitate · impose · enforce · constrain · compel · bind · dictate · pressure · demand · command
contract
Enforceable written agreement
enforceable · breach · compliance · statute · covenant · lien · mortgage · collateral · indenture · fiduciary
responsibility
State of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- serviceAid or maintenance
ethically · morally · professionally · socially · religiously · culturally · pledge · promise · expectation · accountability
chemistry
Study of substances' interactions
- social obligationRequired interpersonal duty
- familial obligationsDuties owed to relatives
- no obligationNo requirement to act
- moral obligationEthics-based required action
- family obligationsResponsibilities toward one's relatives
- landlord obligationsWhat property owners owe tenants
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