oblige
Other forms: obliged; obliging; obliges
To oblige is to do something you have to, because you're bound by either good manners or the law.
You are obliged to pay back your student loans, or for your portion of the dinner bill. You may also feel obliged to bring a gift if you're invited to a wedding. You can also tip your cowboy hat and be "much obliged" if someone does you a favor. The French phrase, noblesse oblige means basically that "privilege entails responsibility," or that the wealthy are obliged to do something productive in the world and not just sit around polishing their silver spoons.
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force somebody to do somethingtypes:walkmake walkcoerce, force, hale, pressure, squeezecause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual meanscondemncompel or force into a particular state or activityshamecompel through a sense of shamemarchcause to march or go at a marching pacedrivecompel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate stronglybludgeonovercome or coerce as if by using a heavy clubsqueeze forsqueeze someone for money, information, etc.bring oneselfcause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negativeexecutecarry out the legalities of
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bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
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provide a service or favor for someone“We had to oblige him”synonyms: accommodate
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Sojourner Truth's speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Ohio asked a question that could not be denied in order to draw attention to the humanity, abilities, thus rights, of both women and slaves. The overall tone was passionate and provocative. In a version published in an 1863 issue of the Anti-Slavery Standard, the presiding officer of the convention Frances Dana Gage quoted the speech within her descriptions of the setting, audience, and speaker. Read the full text here.