English-Portuguese translations for obligation

• obrigação
  Temos uma obrigação de meios, não uma obrigação de resultados.Our obligation concerns the means, not the outcome.
  É uma questão de obrigação moral. It is a question of moral obligation.
  Cumprimos integralmente essa obrigação. We have more than met that obligation.
• compromisso
  Possuíamos um compromisso moral da parte do Conselho. We had a moral obligation from the Council.
  Isso não é desejável, nem tão-pouco consentâneo com os compromissos internacionais. That is not what we want, nor is it in line with international obligations.
  Sou de opinião que a União Europeia deveria cumprir os seus próprios compromissos. I am of the opinion that the European Union should has obligations of its own.

Definition of obligation

• The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone
• A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted

Examples

• X shall be entitled to subcontract its obligation to provide the Support Services. <>

Related words

• obligation of secrecy
• obligation to present proof
• obligation to tell the truth
• additional obligation
• secondary obligation
• collateralized debt obligation
• collateralized loan obligation
• industrial obligation
• without obligation