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adj.
  1. Obligatory: their bounden duty.
  2. Archaic. Being under obligation; obliged.

[Middle English, past participle of binden, to bind, from Old English bindan. See bind.]


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adjective

    Owing something, such as gratitude or appreciation, to another: beholden, bound, indebted, obligated, obliged. Idioms: under obligation. See obligation.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: morally obligatory

 
 
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