[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oblige \oblige"\ -oblimacj"; 277, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   obliged -oblimacjd"; p. pr.  vb. n. obliging
   -oblimac"ji^ng. of. obligier, f. obliger, l.
   obligare; ob see ob- + ligare to bind. see ligament,
   and cf. obligate.
   1. to attach, as by a bond. obs.
      1913 webster

            he had obliged all the senators and magistrates
            firmly to himself.                    --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put
      under obligation to do or forbear something.
      1913 webster

            the obliging power of the law is neither founded in,
            nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments
            annexed to it.                        --south.
      1913 webster

            religion obliges men to the practice of those
            virtues which conduce to the preservation of our
            health.                               --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   3. to bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;
      hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to
      accommodate.
      1913 webster

            thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,
            and would not be obliged to god for more. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the gates before it are brass, and the whole much
            obliged to pope urban viii.           --evelyn.
      1913 webster

            i shall be more obliged to you than i can express.
                                                  --mrs. e.
                                                  montagu.
      1913 webster
see also:
obliged obliging ob- ligament obligate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

obliging \obli"ging\ -oblimac"ji^ng, a.
   putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
   hence, helpful; civil; kind.
   1913 webster

         mons. strozzi has many curiosities, and is very
         obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
                                                  --addison.
   1913 webster

   syn: civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- obliging,
        kind, complaisant.

   usage: one is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
          complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
          intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
          who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
          the disposition to do so.
          1913 webster -- obli"gingly. adv. --
          obli"gingness, n.
          1913 webster
see also:
obliging kind complaisant obli"gingly obli"gingness 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

obliging
     adj 1: happy to comply syn: complying, yielding
     2: 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" syn: complaisant
see also:
complying yielding complaisant 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

49 moby thesaurus words for "obliging":
   accommodating, accommodative, affable, agreeable, amenable,
   amiable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, civil,
   complaisant, compliant, considerate, courteous, decent,
   deferential, delicate, easy, fair, friendly, generous,
   good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, graceful, gracious,
   heedful, helpful, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, mild, mindful,
   mindful of others, overindulgent, overpermissive, permissive,
   polite, regardful, respectful, solicitous, supportive, tactful,
   thoughtful, tolerant, urbane, willing

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