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English to English adjective
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morally or legally constraining or binding |  | Example: attendance is obligatory
an obligatory contribution
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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required by obligation or compulsion or convention | | Example: he made all the obligatory apologies
source: wordnet30
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