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moral obligation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
moral obli-ga-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

moral obligations (plural)

Synonyms

moral duty

Questions

What does moral obligation mean?
A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.

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