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Synonyms
o·blige (ə-blīj́)

[Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, from Latin obligāre, ob-, to; see ob–, + ligāre, to bind.]

verb: o·bliged, o·blig·ing, o·blig·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral means.
  2. To make indebted or grateful: I am obliged to you for your gracious hospitality.
  3. To do a service or favor for: They obliged us by arriving early.

intransitive verb 

To do a service or favor: The soloist obliged with yet another encore.

derivatives

o·bliǵer
noun

synonyms:

oblige, accommodate, favor These verbs mean to perform a service or a courteous act for: obliged me by keeping the matter quiet; accommodating her by lending her money; favor an audience with an encore.
See also: force

Antonym: disoblige