moral obligation
English
Noun
moral obligation (countable and uncountable, plural moral obligations)
- (law) A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.
Synonyms
- moral duty
Translations
duty that one owes because of considerations of right and wrong but he is not legally bound to perform
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