Synonyms for obliged
obliged

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1. duty-bound(p), obliged(p)adjective

   under a moral obligation to do something

   Antonyms:
   unobligated

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1. List of paraphrases for "obliged":

   forced, compelled, bound, obligated, required, held, obligation, grateful, duty-bound, kept, duty, coerced, compulsory

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1. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.

2. Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva:

   We have received the letters from the prosecutors with the allegations, we will undertake the actions that we are obliged to undertake and will most probably declare them 'persona non grata'.

3. Dimouya Souapebe:

   Many are traumatized and come with only the clothes on their backs, we are obliged to welcome them, and share with them what we have to eat.

4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We are obliged to leave coming generations with a method of governing that is lasting and strong. This is why we say (we need) a new constitution and executive presidency.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   I have found you an argument: but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.