OBLI'GINGNESS, noun 1. Obligation. [Little used.] 2. Civility; complaisance; disposition to exercise kindness.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
obligingness
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign