What's the word for "doing something because you have to?" [closed]

Solution 1:

In an obligation, one has no choice. You are obliged to do something by external force or circumstances.

Solution 2:

If you are looking for words meaning HAVE to:

necessary (or requisite)

absolutely needed

inevitable

incapable of being avoided or evaded

essential

of the utmost importance

see also inescapable and imperative

The attitude of doing what you have to could be

survivalism

an attitude, policy, or practice based on the primacy of survival as a value

Doing something because you have to:

endure

1 to undergo especially without giving in

2 to remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding

subsist

to have or acquire the necessities of life

Solution 3:

Necessity

  1. a. The condition or quality of being necessary. b. Something necessary: The necessities of life include food, clothing, and shelter.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Necessity

Solution 4:

**Imperative ** ?
1. absolutely necessary or required: It is imperative that we leave.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/imperative