social obligation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocialandobligation
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social
adjective
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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obligation
noun
uk/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition ofsocialandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsocial obligation
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Although moral values andsocialobligationmotivate older volunteers slightly more than other age groups, motivational multiplicity and reciprocity also apply to older volunteers.
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His real focus is on a crisis of patronage politics and the collapse of associated reciprocal bonds ofsocialobligation.
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This is a genuinesocialobligation, but it is neither a legal nor a moral one.
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The flocks are not meant for the market but rather constitute an economic resource in case of emergency orsocialobligation.
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Perhaps this was why no participants used the words 'socialobligation' and ' altruism ', although those elements were encoded in their stories.
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Trans-local links were facilitated and strengthened through inter-village prayer associations and forms ofsocialobligationand affiliation.
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The outcome of the negotiations has previously been found to depend on the changing cultural norms ofsocialobligationand filial responsibilities.
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The duty to control was simultaneously a moral duty to make one's own decisions, a therapeutic requirement for psychological health, and part of thesocialobligationto get well.
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Furthermore, given that care is so often set within a culture ofsocialobligation, choice for the potential provider about whether to get involved in providing care is critical.
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The subordination of the beadle to the other burghers was also expressed in thesocialobligationof the beadle to doff his hat before all burghers.
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Reading aloud could be asocialobligation.
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That does not lie easily with traditional notions ofsocialobligation, drawn from family, religious and non-religious backgrounds in our civic society.
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He had a high sense ofsocialobligation.
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In other words, he thought that this nationalised undertaking should accept somesocialobligation.
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Although condition 19 is part of thesocialobligation, its drafting is unclear.
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We have thatsocialobligation, and we must make further progress to do more.
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