verb
- Force somebody to do something.
- usage: "We compel all students to fill out this form"
- Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.
- usage: "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
- Provide a service or favor for someone.
- usage: "We had to oblige him"
- synonyms: oblige, accommodate
adjective
- Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.
- usage: "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"
- synonyms: complaisant
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