Important and Mandatory

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Important adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.

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Mandatory and important are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mandatory" instead an adjective "Important".

Mandatory adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Important and mandatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Important" instead an adjective "Mandatory".

Nearby Words: mandate, mandated, mandatary, mandating

Dragon Age II had some problems on release, including a way that the game could be made Unwinnable early on by killing a major NPC who is important to one of the late-game mandatory quests.

Source: Obvious Beta
This can get quite infuriating when important quests require you to find such items, such as the mandatory one to get your Skell licence.

Source: Video Game / Xenoblade Chronicles X
Discrimination against Animals (yes, the capitalization is mandatory) is an important plot point in Gregory Maguire's Wicked.

Source: Fantastic Racism / Literature

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