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obligatoriness

obligatoriness noun: the quality or state of being obligatory.

Noun

obligatoriness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being obligatory.

Origin of obligatoriness

From obligatory + -ness.

Questions about obligatoriness

What does obligatoriness mean?
Obligatoriness means the quality or state of being obligatory.
What part of speech is obligatoriness?
Obligatoriness is a noun.

Words near obligatoriness in the dictionary

  1. obligato
  2. obligator
  3. obligatorification
  4. obligatorifications
  5. obligatorily
  6. obligatoriness
  7. obligatorization
  8. obligatorizations
  9. obligatorize
  10. obligatorized
  11. obligatorizes

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