Commitment vs. Obligation
Difference Between Commitment and Obligation
Commitmentnoun
The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.
Obligationnoun
A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action
Are you able to meet your obligations? I have an obligation to attend their wedding.Commitmentnoun
Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.
Obligationnoun
The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty
I felt no obligation to offer my advice.Commitmentnoun
A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.
Obligationnoun
(Law) A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.
Commitmentnoun
A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action
a public official's commitment to uphold the Constitution.Obligationnoun
A debt instrument, such as a loan, mortgage, or bond.
Commitmentnoun
Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
Obligationnoun
The state, fact, or feeling of being indebted to another for a special service or favor received
If they invite us, aren't we under obligation to invite them in return?.Commitmentnoun
The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person
a profound commitment to the family.Obligationnoun
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
Commitmentnoun
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
Obligationnoun
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
Commitmentnoun
The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
Obligationnoun
A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
Commitmentnoun
Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
Obligationnoun
(legal) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.
X shall be entitled to subcontract its obligation to provide the Support Services.Commitmentnoun
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
Obligationnoun
the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;
we must instill a sense of duty in our childrenevery right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a dutyCommitmentnoun
Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
Obligationnoun
the state of being obligated to do or pay something;
he is under an obligation to finish the jobCommitmentnoun
Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
Obligationnoun
a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor
Commitmentnoun
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Obligationnoun
a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
Commitmentnoun
Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
Commitmentnoun
State of being pledged or engaged.
Commitmentnoun
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
Commitmentnoun
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;
a man of energy and commitmentCommitmentnoun
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;
his long commitment to public servicethey felt no loyalty to a losing teamCommitmentnoun
an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;
his business commitments took him to LondonCommitmentnoun
a message that makes a pledge
Commitmentnoun
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
