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Adjective: obliging  u'blIjing
  1. Showing a cheerful willingness to do favours for others
    "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"
    - complaisant
Verb: oblige  u'blIj
  1. Force somebody to do something
    - compel, obligate
     
  2. Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
    - bind, hold, obligate
     
  3. Provide a service or favour for someone
    "We had to oblige him"
    - accommodate

See also: accommodating, accommodative, obligation, obliger, obligingly, obligingness

Type of: abide by, cause, comply, follow, get, have, induce, make, relate, stimulate

Antonym: disoblige