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Definitions for Obliging

[1] willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
[2] obligating.
[3] to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
[4] to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract.
[5] to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service: I'm much obliged for the ride.
[6] to put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation: Mr. Weems will oblige us with a song.
[7] to make (an action, policy, etc.) necessary or obligatory: Your carelessness obliges firmness on my part.
[8] to be kindly accommodating: I'll do anything within reason to oblige.
[9] ready to do favours; agreeable; kindly
[10] (tr; often passive) to bind or constrain (someone to do something) by legal, moral, or physical means
[11] (tr; usually passive) to make indebted or grateful (to someone) by doing a favour or service we are obliged to you for dinner
[12] to do a service or favour to (someone) she obliged the guest with a song

Words related to Obliging

willing, accommodating, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, easy, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, hospitable, kind, lenient, mild, polite

Words nearby Obliging

obligato, obligatory, oblige, obligee, obligement, obliging, obligor, oblique, oblique angle, oblique circular cone, oblique circular cylinder

Origin of Obliging

e1250–1300; Middle English obligen < Old French obligier < Latin obligāre to bind. See obligate

Words that may be confused with Obliging

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, obligecoerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige, obligate, oblige

Other words from Obliging

o·blig·ing·ly , adverb
o·blig·ing·ness , noun
un·o·blig·ing , adjective
o·blig·ed·ly [uh -blahy -jid-lee] /əˈblaɪ dʒɪd li/ , adverb
o·blig·ed·ness , noun
o·blig·er , noun
pre·o·blige , verb (used with object), pre·o·bliged, pre·o·blig·ing.
re·o·blige , verb (used with object), re·o·bliged, re·o·blig·ing.
un·o·bliged , adjective

Word origin for Obliging

eC13: from Old French obliger, from Latin obligāre, from ob- to, towards + ligāre to bind

Synonyms for Obliging

accommodating, willing, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, eager to please, easy, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, hospitable, kind, lenient, mild, polite