Obligation and Right

Obligation

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

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Right and obligation are semantically related. in responsibility topic. In some cases you can use "Right" instead a noun "Obligation".

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

Right noun - Something to which one has a just claim.

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Obligation and right are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Right".

Nearby Words: righteous, rightful, righted, rightly, righting

special	special obligation	special right
legal	legal obligation	legal right
real	real obligation	real right
bottom	bottom obligation	bottom right
Other adjectives: moral, traditional, general, political.

Alucard from Hellsing fits this, since he's actually the first vampire and seems to think that he has the right and obligation to decide which vampire lives and which vampire dies.

Source: Boomerang Bigot
The word "mandate" imposes on the ruler an obligation of duty and responsibility, and unlike the European Divine Right of Kings, a ruler can lose this mandate and the mandate of his dynasty if he failed in his obligation.

Source: Divine Right of Kings
Superman. Compared to other superheroes, he does what he does because it was the right thing to do, not because he has any obligation to do so.

Source: Ignorant of the Call

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