duty responsibility obligation | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force, we must instill a sense of duty in our children, every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty- John D.Rockefeller Jr |
moral obligation | an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong, he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation |
obligation | a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply |
debt instrument obligation certificate of indebtedness | a written promise to repay a debt |
obligation indebtedness | a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor |
obligation | the state of being obligated to do or pay something, he is under an obligation to finish the job |
indebtedness liability financial obligation | an obligation to pay money to another party |
holy day of obligation | a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion |
accept live with swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to, I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions, I swallowed the insult, She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies |
accept | consider or hold as true, I cannot accept the dogma of this church, accept an argument |
accept | be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal, The cow accepted the bull |
accept | react favorably to, consider right and proper, People did not accept atonal music at that time, We accept the idea of universal health care |
accept consent go for | give an affirmative reply to, respond favorably to, I cannot accept your invitation, I go for this resolution |
take f accept c | make use of or accept for some purpose, take a risk, take an opportunity |
accept | receive (a report) officially, as from a committee |
accept take have | receive willingly something given or offered, The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter, I won't have this dog in my house!, Please accept my present |
accept admit take take on | admit into a group or community, accept students for graduate study, We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member |
bear take over accept assume | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person, I'll accept the charges, She agreed to bear the responsibility |
accept take | be designed to hold or take, This surface will not take the dye |