obligation
How many syllables in obligation?
There are 4 syllables in the word obligation.How to pronounce obligation:
Synonyms for obligation:
burden
burden of proof
certificate of indebtedness
charge
civic duty
civic responsibility
commitment
compulsion
constraint
debt instrument
demand
do
duty
filial duty
guardianship
imperative
incumbency
indebtedness
keeping
legal duty
line of duty
moral obligation
need
noblesse oblige
office
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Antonyms for obligation:
asset
cash
credit
excess
ingratitude
irresponsibility
nonresponsibility
profit
settlement
tally
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- pied-a-terre
- preposition
- antecedent
- sabbatical
- perseverance
- suburbanite
- implausible
- contentious
- prerogative
- expatriate
- operetta
- multiplicand
- condolences
- insolently
- transferable
- coalescing
- replenishment
- literally
- atrocity
- absurdity
- mathematics
- unswervingly
- viridescent
- comprehensive
- meditative
- discontented
- gratefulness
- providential
- disorganised
- detestation
- mythologize
- symbolism
- munificent
- telegenic
- apocryphal
- establishment
- nonjudgmental
- persistently
- believable
- terrifying
- treacherously
- communally
- exultation
- felicitous
- undeserving
- solicitate
- infallible
- unassuming
- boisterously
- punctually
- … more
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