duty
[ doo-tee, dyoo- ]
/ ˈdu ti, ˈdyu- /
noun, plural du·ties.
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1.
Duty,
obligation refer to what one feels bound to do.
Duty is what one performs, or avoids doing, in fulfillment of the permanent dictates of conscience, piety, right, or law:
duty to one's country; one's duty to tell the truth, to raise children properly. An
obligation is what one is bound to do to fulfill the dictates of usage, custom, or propriety, and to carry out a particular, specific, and often personal promise or agreement:
financial obligations.
Words nearby duty
dutchwoman,
duteous,
dutiable,
dutiful,
dutton,
duty,
duty bound,
duty officer,
duty to retreat,
duty-bound,
duty-free
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British Dictionary definitions for duty
duty
/ (ˈdjuːtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for duty
C13: from Anglo-French
dueté, from Old French
deu
due
Cultural definitions for duty
duty
A tax charged by a government, especially on an import.
Idioms and Phrases with duty
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