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How to pronounce obligatory:

Synonyms for obligatory:

binding
bounden
coercive
compulsory
de rigueur
demanded
enforced
essential
imperative
imposed
incumbent
incumbent on
indispensable
inescapable
involuntary
mandatory
necessary
needed
ob
prerequisite
prescribed
required
requisite
statutory
unavoidable
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Antonyms for obligatory:

alterable
arbitrary
at your discretion
autonomous
breakable
calculated
conscious
discretional
discretionary
elected
elective
facultative
free
free-willed
freewill
gratuitous
inessential
knowing
no strings attached
non-compulsory
non-mandatory
non-obligatory
non-requisite
nonbinding
noncompulsory
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