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necessary(adjective, sound, right, essential, obligation)
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mandatory(adjective, right, significant, affected, essential)
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compulsory(adjective, sound, important, certain, true)
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requisite(adjective, appropriate, proper, significant, suitable)
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essential(adjective, important, significant, critical, basic)
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imperative(adjective, important, significant, essential, basic)
15
required(adjective, right, significant, essential, basic)
13
binding(adjective, sound, certain, true, significant)
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indispensable(adjective, important, significant, essential, critical)
8
prerequisite(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
7
inevitable(adjective, certain, obvious, expected, predictable)
7
peremptory(adjective, affected, duty, compulsion, strained)
6
involuntary(adjective, affected, strained, unwilling, unnatural)
5
demanded
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incumbent
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bounden(adjective, necessary, required, conclusive, obliged)
5
constraining(adjective, required)
5
de rigueur(expression, adjective, right, significant, essential)
5
forced(adjective, affected, strained, artificial, unwilling)
5
must(adjective, required)
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