MORAL OBLIGATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong

Example:

he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("moral obligation" is a kind of...):

duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)

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