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moral obligation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.

Forms

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moral obligations Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

moral duty

Translations (2)

th หน้าที่ธรรมจรรยา (duty that one owes because of considerations of right and wrong but he is not legally bound to perform) · id kewajiban moral (duty that one owes because of considerations of right and wrong but he is not legally bound to perform)