0 to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something:
1 to please or help someone, especially by doing something they have asked you to do:
3 to please or help someone, esp. by doing something the person has asked you to do:
4 to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something:
5 to please or help someone, especially by doing something they have asked you to do:
Countries with regulations above the minimum standard are not obliged to decrease their standard levels.
Again, being obliged to do it unless and until someone else does it will solve the problem only where there is perfect communication.
Therefore, for all practical purposes, it must be shown that religion is truth-oriented before we are obliged to examine pro-religious arguments.
I am obliged to walk one mile, but may unselfishly walk a second.
Furthermore, there are no term limits and parties are obliged to nominate incumbents desiring re-election regardless of their conduct in office.
Consider, for example, the fact that we are all obliged to refrain from picking our respective noses in public places.
Students with grants in such schools were usually obliged to perform services in exchange, such as cleaning.
Such - mostly community-level - organisational structures have also been obliged to develop the capacity to deal with other stakeholders at the local, regional and national level.