Ability and Obligation

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Obligation and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Obligation noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.

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Ability and obligation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Obligation".

Nearby Words: oblige, obliging, obligatory, obliged, obligate

high	high ability	high obligation
special	special ability	special obligation
particular	particular ability	particular obligation
certain	certain ability	certain obligation
Other adjectives: original, strong, actual, real, great, supernatural, general, primary, magical, newfound.

This is because Obligation represents the ability to empathize with normal humans as something other than raw material.

Source: Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
In this manner you can also trade spells you can use, seeing as this is simply knowledge being traded and you keep the ability to cast them while they cannot without one of your mages, which you are under no obligation to hand over.

Source: Videogame / Lords Of Magic

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