Claim and Obligation

Claim

Claim noun - An entitlement to something.

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Obligation and claim are semantically related in need topic. In some cases you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

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

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Claim and obligation are semantically related in need topic. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead a noun "Obligation".

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

special	special claim	special obligation
particular	particular claim	particular obligation
original	original claim	original obligation
true	true claim	true obligation
Other adjectives: legal, strong, actual, entire, real, general, primary, prior, magical, stronger.

Many of the adaptations add an "escape clause" that allows Monty to claim a very small percentage of the inheritance with no further obligation, but that's all he gets.

Source: Literature / Brewster's Millions
Species so treated are expected to feel an obligation to their so-called mentors (who will also generally claim to have diverted comets or otherwise prevented catastrophes in the interim, whether they have or not).

Source: First Contact
While sluagh are under no supernatural obligation to lie or to tell the truth, sluagh pride themselves as being information merchants of the highest caliber, and they are quick to literally cut out the tongues of their own peers who would dare to deliberately claim true a falsehood.

Source: I Gave My Word

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