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Obligation vs Covenant - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between obligation and covenant

is that obligation is a legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement while covenant is to make a stipulation.

As nouns the difference between obligation and covenant

is that obligation is the act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone while covenant is an agreement to do or not do a particular thing.

As a verb covenant is

to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

obligation

English

(wikipedia obligation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
  • A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
  • A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
  • (legal) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.
    • X shall be entitled to subcontract its obligation to provide the Support Services. <>
  • * 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
    • The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation , which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "obligation": moral, legal, social, contractual, political, mutual, military, perpetual, etc.

    Synonyms

    * duty

    Antonyms

    * right

    Related terms

    * obligate * obligated * obligational * obligato * obligatorily * oblige * obligee * obliger * obliging * obligingly * obligingness * obligor

    covenant

    English

    (wikipedia covenant)

    Alternative forms

    * covenaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
  • (legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
  • A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
  • An incidental clause in an agreement.

    • Related terms

    * Ark of the Covenant * covenant of salt * covenant of title

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant
  • * L'Estrange
    • Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, as the tenant should direct.
  • * Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
    • and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
  • (legal) To enter a formal agreement.
  • (legal) To bind oneself in contract.
  • (legal) To make a stipulation.

    • Related terms

    * convenience * convenient * convene * convent * convention * covenable * covenantee

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