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Obliging

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Accommodating 84% connected

of Accommodate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Accommodating 84% connected

of Accommodate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Deference 74% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deference 74% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Complaisant 92% connected

Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodging…

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Bind verb · 78% connection

Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience;…

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Compel verb · 78% connection

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Complaisance noun · 78% connection

Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtes…

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

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Kindly adverb · 78% connection

In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.

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Ob- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, som…

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Obliged imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Oblige

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Promerit verb · 78% connection

To oblige; to confer a favor on.

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Put verb · 78% connection

To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

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Tie verb · 78% connection

To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.

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Oblige verb · 72% connection

To attach, as by a bond.

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