Constraint
Constraint noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
Obligation is a synonym for constraint. In some cases you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Constraint".
Obligation
Obligation noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.
Usage example: their financial obligations keep them from giving to charities as much as they would like
Constraint is a synonym for obligation in responsibility topic. Sometimes you can use "Constraint" instead a noun "Obligation", if it concerns topics such as duty.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bond and constraint
- bond and obligation
- compulsion and constraint
- compulsion and obligation
- force and constraint
- force and obligation
- duty and constraint
- duty and obligation
- need and constraint
- need and obligation
- demand and constraint
- demand and obligation
- stipulation and constraint
- stipulation and obligation
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Obligation and Constraint. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/constraint/obligation
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