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What is an obligation?

What is an obligation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
  2. A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
  3. A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
  4. (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.
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If operators fail to meet their ten per cent rural obligation they face penalties imposed by the government.
The judge has no interest in the result and has sworn or affirmed an obligation to give justice according to law.
The obligation to protect civilians accompanying the force falls mainly to the tactical commander.
Nothing kept me there, no true obligation or familial ties, not since my mom died.
Journalists have one thing in common with historians, a residual obligation to truth.
And I believe that our first obligation is to pay our debts off before we do anything else.

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