oblige
verb
[ əˈblʌɪdʒ ]
• make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something.
• "doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery"
Similar:
require,
compel,
bind,
make,
constrain,
obligate,
force,
put under an obligation,
leave someone no option,
impel,
coerce,
pressure,
pressurize,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘bind by oath’): from Old French obliger, from Latin obligare, from ob- ‘towards’ + ligare ‘to bind’.
noblesse oblige
• privilege entails responsibility.
• "the notion of noblesse oblige was part of the ethic of the country gentleman"
