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adjective
1.
required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
2.
incumbent or compulsory (usually followed by on or upon): duties obligatory on all.
3.
imposing moral or legal obligation; binding: an obligatory promise.
4.
creating or recording an obligation, as a document.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin obligātōrius binding, equivalent to Latin obligā(re) to bind (see obligate) + -tōrius -tory1
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin obligātōrius binding, equivalent to Latin obligā(re) to bind (see obligate) + -tōrius -tory1
Related forms
ob·lig·a·to·ri·ly 
[uh-blig-uh-tawr-uh-lee, ‐tohr‐, ob-li-guh‐, uh-blig-uh-tawr-uh-lee, ‐tohr‐, ob-li-guh‐] , adverb
[uh-blig-uh-tawr-uh-lee, ‐tohr‐, ob-li-guh‐, uh-blig-uh-tawr-uh-lee, ‐tohr‐, ob-li-guh‐] , adverb ob·lig·a·to·ri·ness, noun
non·ob·lig·a·to·ri·ly, adverb
non·ob·lig·a·to·ry, adjective
un·o·blig·a·to·ry, adjective
Synonyms
2. necessary, imperative.
2. necessary, imperative.
Antonyms
2. voluntary.
2. voluntary.
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