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Obligatory

Obligatory Meaning & Definition
Obligatory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obligatory?

[adj] morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"
[adj] required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obligatory: bounden | compulsory | de rigueur | imposed | incumbent on(p) | indispensable | mandatory | prerequisite | required

Related Terms | Find terms related to Obligatory: absolute | binding | choiceless | compulsory | conclusive | de rigueur | decisive | decretory | demanded | dictated | entailed | essential | exigent | final | hard-and-fast | imperative | imperious | importunate | imposed | incumbent | indispensable | inevitable | involuntary | irrevocable | mandated | mandatory | must | necessary | necessitous | peremptory | prescript | prescriptive | required | requisite | ultimate | urgent | without appeal | without choice

See Also | necessary

Obligatory In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob"li*ga*to*ry\, a. [L. obligatorius: cf.F. obligatoire.] Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier. As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due. --Jer. Taylor.

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