A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.
A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
The fact of being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.