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OBLIGATORY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally or legally constraining or binding
Example:
an obligatory contribution
Classified under:
Similar:
bounden (morally obligatory)
compulsory; mandatory; required (required by rule)
de rigueur (required by etiquette or usage or fashion)
imposed (set forth authoritatively as obligatory)
incumbent on (morally binding or necessary)
indispensable (unavoidable)
prerequisite (required as a prior condition or course of study)
Also:
necessary (absolutely essential)
Antonym:
optional (possible but not necessary; left to personal choice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Required by obligation or compulsion or convention
Example:
he made all the obligatory apologies
Classified under:
Similar:
necessary (absolutely essential)
