What is the meaning of obliging?

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"

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"
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APAWordNet. (2010). obliging. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/obliging/definitions/1179617
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