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Obligated vs Nonobligated - What's the difference?

obligated | nonobligated |

As adjectives the difference between obligated and nonobligated

is that obligated is (north america|scottish) committed while nonobligated is not obligated.

As a verb obligated

is (obligate).

obligated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obligate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America, Scottish) committed
  • (North America, Scottish) having an obligation; obliged

    • Usage notes

    Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

    Synonyms

    * (having an obligation) obliged

    Derived terms

    * obligatedly

    See also

    * (adjective)

    References

    nonobligated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • not obligated