obligated

obligated
    adj 1: caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course;
           "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to
           pay off the student loan" [ant: {unobligated}]
    

Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Obligating}.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See
   {Oblige}.]
   1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to
      hold by a constraining motive. "Obligated by a sense of
      duty." --Proudfit.
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            That's your true plan -- to obligate
            The present ministers of state.       --Churchill.
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   2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain;
      to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
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            That they may not incline or be obligated to any
            vile or lowly occupations.            --Landor.
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obligated \obligated\ adj.
   1. under a moral obligation to someone.

   Syn: beholden(predicate).
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   2. under a legal obligation to someone.

   Syn: indebted.
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   3. owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or
      favors etc. Opposite of {unobligated}. [Narrower terms:
    

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "obligated":
      affianced, answerable for, assured, beholden, beholden to,
      betrothed, bound, bounden, bounden to, chargeable, committed,
      compromised, contracted, duty-bound, engaged, guaranteed,
      in duty bound, indebted to, intended, liable, obligate, obliged,
      obliged to, pledged, plighted, promised, responsible, saddled,
      sworn, tied, under obligation, underwritten, warranted