remain bound
Frequency: 4.06.5 per million words
To continue to be legally or morally obliged.
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- Even after the merger, the company will remain bound by its existing contracts.
- Despite the change in government, the nation must remain bound by the terms of the treaty.
- He felt he should remain bound by the promise he made to his late father.
- Lower courts remain bound by the precedents set by the Supreme Court.
- In feudal times, a knight would remain bound to serve his lord for life.
- If the conditions are not met, we will not remain bound to this agreement.
- Both parties remain bound by the confidentiality clause for five years.
- Doctors remain bound by their oath to do no harm, regardless of the circumstances.
- For centuries, the two kingdoms remained bound by a pact of mutual defense.
- Does the signatory remain bound to the contract if the other party declares bankruptcy?