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MORAL OBLIGATION
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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)