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ob·li·gat·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. obligated(p)adjective

    caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course

    "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan"

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  1. List of paraphrases for "obligated":

    obliged, compelled, forced, bound, required, held

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#485required
#1063held
#2573forced
#3403bound
#15303obliged
#17405compelled
#18664obligated

How to use obligated in a sentence?

  1. Lanny Davis:

    He’s now lying on all his television interviews … when he says he was obligated to do so because he promised Congress.

  2. Karl Rove:

    The party is obligated to back him and they have a responsibility to do so, this may require the party to dial up more in states that Trump is not active in, but that will be done quietly. It is appropriate for [the RNC] to do what they did.

  3. House Judiciary Committee:

    Lynch has no intention of answering ... even the most basic questions about the legal elements the government is obligated to prove in a criminal prosecution.

  4. Paulo Saldiva:

    A lot of attention has been paid to Rio's water pollution, but far more people die because of air pollution than the water, you are not obligated to drink water from Guanabara Bay but you must breathe Rio's air.

  5. Carrie Horstman:

    Officers are legally obligated to take a person into custody if they have a warrant.


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