obliging Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb force somebody to do something
oblige; obligate; compel.
- We compel all students to fill out this form
verb bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
oblige; bind; obligate; hold.
- He's held by a contract
- I'll hold you by your promise
verb provide a service or favor for someone
oblige; accommodate.
- We had to oblige him
adjective satellite showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
complaisant.
- 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

Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.
Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. Addison.
Syn. -- Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- Obliging, Kind, Complaisant. 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. -- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. -- O*bli"ging*ness, n.