obligatory

obligatory is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. morally or legally constraining or binding

   "attendance is obligatory"

   "an obligatory contribution"

3. adjective. required by obligation or compulsion or convention

   "he made all the obligatory apologies"

Common word forms

obligatorily

Words from these letters

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