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Obligatory

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Adjective

1. obligatory

morally or legally constraining or binding

Example Sentences:
'attendance is obligatory'
'an obligatory contribution'

2. obligatory

required by obligation or compulsion or convention

Example Sentences:
'he made all the obligatory apologies'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obligatory

see synonyms of obligatory
adjective
1. 
required to be done, obtained, possessed, etc
2. 
of the nature of or constituting an obligation

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Obligatory

see synonyms of obligatory
adjective
1. 
legally or morally binding; constituting, or having the nature of, an obligation; required
2.  Biology
obligate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obligatory

see synonyms of obligatory
adj.
1. Of the nature of an obligation; compulsory: Attendance is obligatory. Mathematics is an obligatory course.
2. Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable: "wearing clothing like basketball shoes, baggy pants, and the obligatory baseball cap" (Tyler Stovall).
3. Biology Obligate.

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