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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"requirement, duty, contract or promise\"",
"word": "right"
}
],
"derived": [
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"word": "collateralized debt obligation"
},
{
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"word": "collateralized fund obligation"
},
{
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"word": "collateralized loan obligation"
},
{
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"word": "debt obligation"
},
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"word": "holy day of obligation"
},
{
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"word": "moral obligation"
},
{
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"word": "Sunday obligation"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leyǵ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "obligacioun"
},
"expansion": "Middle English obligacioun",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "obligacion"
},
"expansion": "Old French obligacion",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "obligatio",
"4": "obligatio, obligationem"
},
"expansion": "Latin obligatio, obligationem",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "obligatum"
},
"expansion": "obligatum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "obligare"
},
"expansion": "obligare",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ob-",
"3": "",
"4": "to"
},
"expansion": "ob- (“to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ligare",
"3": "",
"4": "to bind"
},
"expansion": "ligare (“to bind”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leyǵ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to bind"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English obligacioun, from Old French obligacion, from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from obligatum (past participle of obligare), from ob- (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "obligations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "obligation (countable and uncountable, plural obligations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "obligate"
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"word": "obligated"
},
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"word": "obligational"
},
{
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"word": "obligato"
},
{
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"word": "obligatorily"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblige"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "obligee"
},
{
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"word": "obliger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "obliging"
},
{
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"word": "obligingly"
},
{
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"word": "obligingness"
},
{
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"word": "obligor"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone."
],
"id": "en-obligation-en-noun-3RrTW-kX",
"links": [
[
"binding",
"binding"
],
[
"oneself",
"oneself"
],
[
"social",
"social"
],
[
"legal",
"legal"
],
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"tie",
"tie"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "73 17 1 8 1",
"sense": "the act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "commitment"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wājib",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَاجِب"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "farīḍa",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَرِيضَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waẓīfa",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَظِيفَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "partavorutʿyun",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "պարտավորություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "öhdəlik"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "vəzifə"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "borc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abavjazácjelʹstva",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "абавяза́цельства"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abavjázak",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "абавя́зак"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pavínnascʹ",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "паві́ннасць"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "doŭh",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доўг"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadǎlžénie",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "задълже́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligació"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "義務"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìwù",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "义务"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "責任"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zérèn",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "责任"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "závazek"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "povinnost"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pligt"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "forpligtelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verplichting"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "ŝuldiĝo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "sindevigo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "sitoutuminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligation"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obrigación"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obriga"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "valdebuleba",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "ვალდებულება"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verpflichtung"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pflicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypochréosi",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υποχρέωση"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dāyitva",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "दायित्व"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "elköteleződés"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "kötelezettségvállalás"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oibleagáid"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "vincolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"alt": "ぎむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gimu",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "義務"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"alt": "せきにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekinin",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "責任"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mındetteme",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "міндеттеме"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"alt": "義務",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uimu",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "의무"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"alt": "責任",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chaegim",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "책임"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mildettenme",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "милдеттенме"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligātiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zadolženie",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "задолжение"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "obvrska",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обврска"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "takohanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "herenga"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forpliktelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "plikt"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vazife",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "وظیفه"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obowiązek"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zobowiązanie"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "powinność"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obrigação"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligare"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "obligație"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "objazátelʹstvo",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обяза́тельство"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolg",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "долг"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "objázannostʹ",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обя́занность"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comain"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còir"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏бавеза"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏бвеза"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍbaveza"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍbveza"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "záväzok"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "povinnosť"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obveznost"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligación"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "wajibu"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förpliktelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 18 1 9 1",
"code": "sv",
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"word": "обя́занность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comain"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còir"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏бавеза"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏бвеза"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍbaveza"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍbveza"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "záväzok"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "povinnosť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obveznost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligación"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "wajibu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förpliktelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "plikt"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "harapin"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "vazifa",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "вазифа"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amerwas"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "ārk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "vazife"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "yükümlülük"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zobovʺjázannja",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зобов'я́зання"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zobovʺjazánnja",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зобов'яза́ння"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povýnnistʹ",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пови́нність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obóvʺjazok",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обо́в'язок"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "borh",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "борг"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "vazifa"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "majburiyat"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "burch"
},
{
"alt": "義務",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone",
"word": "nghĩa vụ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "partakanutʿyun",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "պարտականություն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "borc"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abavjázak",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "абавя́зак"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pavínnascʹ",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "паві́ннасць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎlg",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дълг"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligació"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compromís"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "závazek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "povinnost"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pligt"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "devo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "velvollisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligation"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obriga"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypochréosi",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υποχρέωση"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "kötelezettség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "lekötelezettség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "elkötelezettség"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oibleagáid"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dualgas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "obbligo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "herenga"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ısr",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "اصر"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flicht"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obrigação"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compromisso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "objázannostʹ",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обя́занность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolg",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "долг"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comain"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còir"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "záväzok"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "povinnosť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compromiso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skyldighet"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"word": "harapin"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obóvʺjazok",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обо́в'язок"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povýnnistʹ",
"sense": "social, legal, or moral requirement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пови́нність"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pligt"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"word": "devo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"word": "velvollisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligation"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obriga"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"word": "kötelesség"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oibleagáid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"word": "dovere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "objázannostʹ",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обя́занность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligación"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"word": "sitoumus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligation"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obrigación"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"word": "kötelezvény"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obbligazione"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zobowiązanie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "compromiso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligación"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "legal agreement",
"word": "harapin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(countable) reason for being obliged, grateful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obligation"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"obligation"
],
"word": "obligation"
}
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