duty-bound

morally obliged as a matter of duty

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That we know Earp not as a confidence man but as a duty-bound law officer was his most enduring and successful confidence game.

The Wyatt Earp Myth: America’s Most Famous Vigilante Wasn’t |Andrew C. Isenberg |July 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He was duty-bound, he said, to follow the gospel of helping the least among them.

What Catholics Think of Pope Francis |Ilana Glazer |March 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Starks are fatalistic, duty-bound, honorable but kind of unsophisticated.

Who Represents? |Megan McArdle |February 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He preaches his message with characteristic urgency, casting himself as a duty-bound martyr.

The Next Oprah? |McKay Coppins |September 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Old Marster fooled us to believe we was duty-bound to stay with him till we was all twenty-one.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves |Work Projects Administration
As a rule, parents think themselves in duty-bound to take their boys to the seaside for these holidays.

John Bull, Junior |Max O'Rell
But to everything Pan Stanislav answered: “A fish, a duty-bound fish.”

Children of the Soil |Henryk Sienkiewicz