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2. reality, substantiality, essentiality; substantivity, corporeality, corporeity, materiality, ponderability, tangibility.
3. externality, outwardness, extrinsicality, nonsubjectivity, objectiveness; extraneousness, exteriority, ex-ternalization, objectification; extraversion, otherness, projection, extrapolation.
objurgate, v. reproach, reprimand, reprove, reprehend, rebuke; upbraid, scold, dress down, castigate, chide, admonish; berate, rail at, fulminate against, thunder against; denounce, denunciate, damn, curse, execrate, anathematize, desecrate; roast, lash, trounce, accuse, traduce, impugn; revile, vilipend, vituperate, assail, attack; throw stones at, haul over the coals.
oblation, n. 1. offering, offertory, consecration, votive offering, peace offering; libation, incense, burnt offering, sacrifice; vow, dedication, collection.
2. gift, donation, contribution, present, presentation, widow's mite; alms, charity, benefaction, dole, Brit, box, handsel.
obligate, v. 1. oblige, bind, pledge, commit; require, necessitate, command, exact, demand; elicit, call for, cry for; compel, impel, force, press, constrain; coerce, Inf. strong-arm, dragoon.
-adj. 2. obliged, bound, pledged, committed; compelled, forced, pressed, constrained, coerced.
3. obligatory, required, necessary, requisite; essential, indispensable; fundamental, basic, cardinal, primary.
obligation, n. 1. necessity, necessariness, necessi-tude; requirement, prerequisite; command, demand, must, compulsion, compulsiveness; constraint, enforcement, duress, pressure.
2. duty, function, business; responsibility, trust, charge, care; burden, onus, devoir; assignment, commission, chore, task; province, area, bailiwick, beat; accountability, liability.
3. contract, compact, covenant, deed; agreement, arrangement, understanding, treaty, bond, indenture; deal, pact, acknowledgment, transaction, warranty, stipulation; commitment, pledge, promise, guaranty; word, oath.
4. debt, indebtedness, liability, due, dues, debit; gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness, thanks, thanksgiving, appreciation.
obligatory, adj. 1. binding, obligating; commanding, exacting, demanding; compelling, impelling, forcing, forcible, pressing, constraining, coercing; unconditional, unqualified, categorical.
2. required, necessary, requisite, obligate; mandatory, compulsory, prescriptive, enforced; exigent, urgent, pressing; imperative, imperious, importunate, peremptory; involuntary, compulsive; essential, indispensable; fundamental, basic, cardinal, primary; unalterable, unchangeable, hard-and-fast.
oblige, v. 1. necessitate, require, obligate, bind exact, demand, command, call for, cry for, clamor for; compel, impel, force, press, constrain; make, use force upon, force [s.o.'s] hand; pressure, high-pressure, put pressure on, put the screws on, bear down upon or against, twist [s.o.'s] arm; coerce, Inf. strong-arm, dragoon.
2. accommodate, favor, indulge, patronize, put oneself out for; aid, assist, help, abet, meet the wants of; befriend, lend a hand, do a favor for, show a kindness to, do right by; serve, do for, do a service for, cater to, make comfortable, attend to the convenience of; provide, supply, furnish.
obliging, adj. willing, accommodating, agreeable, amenable, gracious; eager, ready, fain, earnest; helpful, kind, friendly, neighborly; serving, helping, benevolent, benign; assistant, aidful, well-disposed,
oblique, adj. 1. slanting, sloping, slated, inclined, tilted, atilt, listing, canting; diagonal, abaxial, pla-gihedral, rhomboidal, cater-cornered; All Geol. synclinal, anticlinal, anaclinal, cataclinal.
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