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obligatory |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obligatory \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obligatory adj 1: morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution" [ant: {optional}] 2: required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"
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