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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English obligacioun, [[bor|fro|obligacion|t=obligation, duty, responsibility]] and directly from Latin obligātiō, obligātiōnem, an engaging or pledging, literally a binding,^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) from obligātus, past participle of obligāre, to bind, bind up, figuratively to put under obligation (see [[oblige]]).^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)^(NODE 1998)
+ It is [[inh|enm|obligacioun]], [[bor|fro|obligacion|t=obligation, duty, responsibility]] and directly from [[la|obligātiō]], obligātiōnem, an engaging or pledging, literally a binding,^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|la|obligātus]], past participle of [[m|la|obligāre]], to bind, bind up, figuratively to put under obligation (see [[oblige]]).^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==