different between obligation vs condition

English

Etymology

From Middle English obligacioun, from Old French obligacion, from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from obligatum (past participle of obligare), from ob- (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b.l???e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

obligation (countable and uncountable, plural obligations)

1. The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
2. A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
3. A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
4. (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
   • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575

     The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "obligation": moral, legal, social, contractual, political, mutual, military, perpetual, etc.

Synonyms

• (the act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone): commitment
• (requirement, duty, contract or promise): duty

Antonyms

• (requirement, duty, contract or promise): right

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from the verb oblig? (“tie together”).

Pronunciation

Noun

obligation f (plural obligations)

1. obligation

Related terms

• obliger

Further reading

• “obligation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

obligation

1. Alternative form of obligacioun

English

Etymology

From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?nd?sh??n, IPA^(key): /k?n?d???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

condition (countable and uncountable, plural conditions)

1. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
2. A requirement or requisite.

3. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
4. The health status of a medical patient.

   Synonym: fettle

5. A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
6. The state or quality.
7. A particular state of being.

8. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• conditional
• precondition

Related terms

• condition subsequent
• in condition
• statement of condition

Translations

Verb

condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)

1. To subject to the process of acclimation.

2. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

3. To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
4. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
5. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
6. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
7. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
8. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of McElrath to this entry?)

9. (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.

10. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

Derived terms

• air-condition
• conditioner
• precondition
• recondition

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French condition, from Old French condicion, Borrowed from Latin condici?, condici?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.di.sj??/

Noun

condition f (plural conditions)

1. term, condition
2. condition, state

   en bonne condition - In good condition

3. social status, walk of life

   Le couple se contentait de soirées entre amis de conditions diverses. — The couple was content with partying with friends from all walks of life.

Derived terms

• à condition que
• à condition de
• condition suffisante
• conditionnel
• conditions de vie

Further reading

• “condition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French condicion, from Latin condicio

Noun

condition f (plural conditions)

1. condition (state, quality)

Descendants

• French: condition