1. Relating to something which is required by duty, compulsion, or convention to do something: The special training for new employees of the company is an obligatory action for all new personnel who want to work there.
2. A reference to a moral or legal accountability to fulfil a requirement: Margaret had the obligatory responsibility to take her daughter to the dentist. © ALL rights are reserved.

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