Overview of verb oblige

The verb oblige has 3 senses

• compel, oblige, obligate -- (force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form")


• oblige, bind, hold, obligate -- (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise")


• oblige, accommodate -- (provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him")

Overview of adj obliging

The adj obliging has 1 sense

• complaisant, obliging -- (showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave")