obliged
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4.4
- adjective
- /əˈblaɪdʒd/
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obligado
- They're not moral agents, but we as moral agents are still obliged to treat them in a certain way.
Those are the issues where they're obliged to learn a little bit.
- Those are the issues where they're obliged to learn a little bit.
- And so I found myself most obliged to come and speak upon this subject.
- This bloke said that and I'm obliged to tell you your stuff.
- So you're morally obliged to object to foolish restrictions, but you have to be willing to pay the price for that.
- We are obliged to do mitzvahs.
- Well, he tells us about antiquity, says when the people were obliged to come forward in the situation of the action, they had to come forward as a whole.
- So they're not obliged, in fact, they're almost obliged not to take into account the source, but to focus on the content, which is sort of sensible.
- And people don't have this sense that you are now obliged to live up to the standard that you said that you're going to try and do, if that makes sense.
Examples
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We are obliged to do mitzvahs.
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And so they sort of feel morally obliged to say yes.
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And so I found myself most obliged to come and speak upon this subject.
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Now parties should feel obliged to have young people such as yourselves involved in that at an early stage saying, look, we should do this.
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Those are the issues where they're obliged to learn a little bit.
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I think I think that's part of the issue in that we feel obliged to care about everything.
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Do wars have meanings that we are obliged to discern?
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So you're morally obliged to object to foolish restrictions, but you have to be willing to pay the price for that.
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And people don't have this sense that you are now obliged to live up to the standard that you said that you're going to try and do, if that makes sense.
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As a member of the community, she felt obliged to help those in need.
Synonyms
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6.0
Required to do something by law, duty, or agreement
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4.2
Required by law or duty to do something
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5.8
Feeling you must do something because it is the right thing
Required by moral duty or law
Feeling pushed to act by strong feelings or a sense of duty
Done because someone makes you do it, not because you want to
Something a rule, law, or official says you must have
Antonyms
How Obligated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word obliged comes from the Latin root ligare, which means 'to bind'. Think of a ligament that holds parts of the body together, and being obliged is like being 'bound' to do something, so you feel you must act out of duty.