Both Uses of
obligation
in
The Idiot
- … In a word I absolutely must introduce you to them: it is a duty, an obligation.†
Chpt 1.12 *
- He looked at it as a case that might bring him in a lot of money, and he did not calculate badly; because on the one hand he speculated on the generosity of the prince, and his gratitude to the late Mr. Pavlicheff, and on the other to his chivalrous ideas as to the obligations of honour and conscience.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(obligation) a duty