The phrase "avoid obligations" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the act of steering clear of responsibilities or commitments.
Example: "He always tries to find ways to avoid obligations, preferring a carefree lifestyle."
Alternatives: "evade responsibilities" or "shun commitments".
She'll be seen in a sketch about how Ms. Schumer exploits her friend's cancer to win sympathy and avoid obligations.
"It's great that they sell lattes to people doing Internet banking on their iPods, but they should not be able to avoid obligations to the communities they serve," said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Greenlining Institute, a Berkeley-based advocacy group.
Yesterday, as part of an effort to combat tax-avoidance schemes, the U.S. Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service went to court seeking records from the Visa credit-card company to help identify U.S. taxpayers using one of two-dozen offshore tax havens to avoid obligations to the federal treasury.
often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations (i.e., "cons" others).
Not even A-listers can avoid obligation, and neither can you.
There is something to be said for taking a well-earned break to avoid burnout & fatigue; however, that should be a purposeful & meaningful break rather than avoiding obligations & responsibilities.
Died just avoiding obligation to another decade artificially divided.
With an all-volunteer army, Mr. Bacevich argues, "the symbolic solidarity at a ballpark" serves as a "convenient mechanism for avoiding obligation and perhaps easing guilty consciences".
Experts have emphasised the obligation on states to "refrain from invoking any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligations".
Tax avoidance is rife, and employers use subcontracting chains and self-employment to avoid their obligations, according to the construction union Ucatt.
The judge called the charges against the producers a "creative attempt to avoid contractual obligations".
