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OBLIGED |
Duty-bound |
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OUGHT |
To be bound in duty or by moral
obligation. |
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LOOSE |
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty,
habit, etc. ; -- with from or of. |
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DEFECTION |
Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is
bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself;
desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. |
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BIND |
Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,
duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the
conscience; to bind b... |
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ELOPE |
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or
station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or
a man, either marri... |
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FAITHFUL |
... person
to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as
to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty... |