OBLIGATION Copy link • OBLIGATIONDuty, officium; quod meum, tuum est; quod debeo, debes: I consider that I am under an obligation to, meum esse puto, duco. [Vid :, also, DUTY.] Act by which one binds one’s self, satis datio = BOND [Vid: BOND]. Favor by which one is bound in gratitude, beneficium: to be under an obligation to anybody, alicujus beneficiis obligatum esse; vinculis beneficii obstrictum esse (Cic.): under obligation, obligatus (Plin., Ep.). To lay anybody under a great obligation, magnam ab aliquo (Cic.) or apud aliquem (Liv.) gratiam inire.