obliging

adj, noun — 2 senses

obliging

adj

/əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

1

Happy and ready to do favours for others.

Synonyms
accommodating, willing
Derived terms
obligingly, obligingness, unobliging

obliging

noun
1

The imposition of an obligation.

  • Many were the finings, and excommunications, and the obligings to do penances, that took place at this time.1840, Alexander MacDonald, Summary of the Catholic Religion:

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