duty
[ doo-tee, dyoo- ]
/ ˈdu ti, ˈdyu- /
noun, plural du·ties.
Idioms for duty
synonym study for duty
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
British Dictionary definitions for on duty
duty
/ (ˈdjuːtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for duty
C13: from Anglo-French
dueté, from Old French
deu
due
Cultural definitions for on duty
duty
A tax charged by a government, especially on an import.
Idioms and Phrases with on duty (1 of 2)
on duty
At one's post, at work, as in The new nurse was on duty that evening, or The watchman was fired because he was drunk on duty. [Mid-1600s] The antonym, off duty, means “not engaged in one's work,” as in Captain Smith was much more amiable when he was off duty. [Mid-1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with on duty (2 of 2)
duty