Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun moral_obligation

1 sense of moral obligation

Sense 1
moral obligation -- (an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong; "he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation")
       => duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)