Note
Note noun - A promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time.
Usage example: I had to co-sign his note at the bank
Obligation and note are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Note".
Obligation
Obligation noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.
Note and obligation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Note" instead a noun "Obligation".
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- While the movie is largely panned, Lennon watches it out of obligation, after reading the novel it's based on.note And starring in it.
- Despite some re-thinking of what a military-centric 'honor' code had contributed to in her post-war years, Japan still prizes obligation-based virtues more highly than Western note Here used in the post-World War II connotation of "Europe east of the Caucasus, the Anglosphere, and the Americas".
Source: Pillars of Moral Character
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