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Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..

Remittance :: Remittance (n.) The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation..

Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation..

Acknowledge :: Acknowledge (v. t.) To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter..

Quittance :: Quittance (v. t.) Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.

Release :: Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance..

Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor..

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment..

Exempt :: Exempt (a.) To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain..

Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive..

Tender :: Tender (n.) The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation..

Testimonial :: Testimonial (a.) Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered..

Obligation :: Obligation (n.) Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc..

Owing :: Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or held under obligation of paying; due.

Onus :: Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.

Moral :: Moral (a.) Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules..

Labadist :: Labadist (n.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians..

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