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Main Entry:	duty [doo-tee, dyoo-] Show IPA/ˈduti, ˈdyu-/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	responsibility, assignment
Synonyms:	burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, committal, contract, devoir, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone, minding the store, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, office, onus, ought, pains, part, province, role, service, station, string, taking care of business, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work
Antonyms:	disregard, irresponsibility

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	duty
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	moral obligation
Synonyms:	accountability, accountableness, allegiance, amenability, answerability, burden, call of duty, charge, conscience, deference, devoir, faithfulness, good faith, honesty, integrity, liability, loyalty, obedience, pledge, respect, reverence
Antonyms:	faithlessness, inconstancy, treachery

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Main Entry:	duty
Part of Speech:	noun
Related Adjectives:	accountable, affianced, amenable, answerable, beholden to, behooving, binding, bound, bound by, bound to, casuistical, chargeable on, committed, compromised, conscientious, due to, dutiful, ethical, ethological, imperative, in duty bound, in for it, incumbent on, indebted to, liable, meet, moral, obligatory, obliged to, peremptory, pledged, promised, promising, promissory, responsible, right, saddled with, stringent, tied by, tied down, under hand and seal, under obligation, upon oath, votive

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Example Sentences

At last: jury duty so brief, easy and entertaining that you'll actually pay to serve.

They don't go to expensive tutors out of a sense of duty.

Rich families bring food and water to those on duty.

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At last: jury duty so brief, easy and entertaining that you'll actually pay to serve.

They don't go to expensive tutors out of a sense of duty.

Rich families bring food and water to those on duty.

Only a few species of fly larvae, primarily blowflies, are suitable for such duty.

Participants were jury-eligible adults who were at the court for real jury duty.

The museum tour is self guided, and docents are on duty to accompany visitors, by request.

These are the bottles that fulfill a wine's only duty on a warm afternoon: to be crisp and white.

Not the heavy duty medical stuff, but things to treat the minor hiccups that can derail a day of walking and over-indulging.

They're so light on civic duty that few vote and fewer still can imagine why one would die for one's country.

They believe the bank had a duty of care to its clients.

We must never forget that it is our duty to protect this environment.

Variable sense of civic duty affects voter turnout.

He was opposed to slavery because it became his duty to be.

Parchment paper wrapped around the sandwich can do double duty on your lap as a drip-catcher.

The department chair position is a duty that is in addition to the faculty contract.

The first question was whether guard duty really is dangerous.

That's why learning how the carbon cycle works has become a public duty.

Quote:Here's a little experiment: work for free because it's your duty to humanity.

Indonesia promptly declared the five fallen countrymen to be heroes who had died in the course of duty.

The duty called for an unconventional, groundbreaking approach to library science.

Alternatively, they can import approved, non-polluting vehicles with a big discount on import duty.

It is our duty to humankind to stop careless environmental practices that endanger precious natural resources.

Psychologists on the battlefield are helping soldiers stay mentally fit during long and frightful tours of duty.

Dishonor comes with failure to do one's duty to the demands of the discipline.

That's why the scientific community has a duty to investigate, without getting overexcited until conclusive proof is found.

Companies must balance customer bills with their statutory duty to conserve and enhance protected wetland habitats.

Personal responsibilty and civic duty is part of america.

But they and the technocrats they have appointed should understand that their duty now is limited.

Chew has made it his duty to restore dignity to the much-maligned tamarisk tree, aka salt cedar.

Japanese shoppers consider it their patriotic duty to buy from protected and exorbitantly priced domestic markets.

Army data reports an alarming increase in suicides among active duty soldiers.

But it is the duty of science to prove its contentions.

Scientists have a duty to foster the future survival and evolution of life in all its forms.

Two short days on jury duty provide a slight inconvenience and a nice jolt of civic enthusiasm.

Military duty often means interruptions in academic careers and difficult adjustments back on the campus.

But governments have a duty to acquire as much information as they can consistent with that proportionality.

Rank, salary and duty times are negotiable, and depend on the applicant's experience as well as other sources of support.

One explanation is that the duty on alcohol is relatively cheap.

And for many librarians, when they're off duty, they are truly off duty.

It has long wanted compensation in the form of insurance and the payment of wages while a player is on international duty.

He pushes more buttons, and a different size drill instantly reports for duty.

Making that effort and wanting to find out is part of the duty of each one of.

There's not much room on balconies so anything that does double duty and saves space is welcome.

In any case, his cherished unions were performing more out of duty than rage.

To say that none but the perp are guilty means that nobody has a legal or moral duty to intervene or report this behavior.

It is interesting to see the role of the psychologist in two-fold: their duty to their country and their obligation as a doctor.

Super quick, and plenty flavorful, the harissa marinade does double duty as a spicy sauce once the lamb is cooked.

As a teacher, it is your duty to constantly monitor the learning process.

National pride is partly linked to a sense of international duty.

Faced with a horrible choice, the submariners sacrificed themselves to do their duty and repair the cooling system.

It is our moral duty to help them while continuing to limit the ecological consequences of this disaster".

During that period, the idea of duty was second only to religious commitment.

But that will not convince people who believe it is the state's duty to ensure that children mix with.

Add into the mix a city that considered it someone else's duty to protect them and you had a recipe for disaster.

You'll have to do some heavy duty networking to find out.

Nothing shows more powerfully the duty of every man to look after the needs of others”.

One of the two privates on duty looks at the radar oscilloscope and can't believe his eyes.

And academic freedom doesn't mean that anything goes, but dereliction of duty seems not at all the issue here.

Part of that moral duty is to make good on the hopes and expectations vested in us-to deliver.

It is my duty to tell my children, the parisites of earth, they are little devils.

They also have a fiduciary duty to their clients, so he will ultimately not be out of pocket.

As some interpret it, one would impose on them a fiduciary duty towards pension funds and.

Again, this is nothing more than a bunch of elitist thugs who feel they have the moral duty to dictate you how you live.

Most of my students are continuing education and many are active duty military.

Two small taxes-landfill levy and stamp duty on property sales-would also be devolved.

No problems any time and no duty but make sure that you sort out the customs stuff.

The lucky few who get jobs are often being told to find something else to do for now, and report for duty on some far-off date.

It is worth noting that cargo transport to the station is the shuttle's main duty.

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Concept Thesaurus

Concept:	Duty.
Category:	1. Moral obligations
Synonyms:	-nouns duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness, liability, onus, responsibility; bounden duty, imperative duty; call, call of duty; accountability., allegiance, fealty, tie engagement (promise) [more]; part; function, calling (business)., morality, morals, decalogue; case of conscience; conscientiousness (probity); conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience; the hell within., dueness; propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum; the thing, the proper thing; the right thing to do, the proper thing to do., [Science of morals] ethics, ethology.; deontology, aretology; moral philosophy, ethical philosophy; casuistry, polity., observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good behavior. -verbs be the duty of; be incumbent on, be responsible; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself (promise) [more]; be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility n.; be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself., impose a duty; enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige., enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty (be virtuous) [more]., be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's. -adjectives obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent (severe); behooving; incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; obliged by, bound by, tied by; saddled with., due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to; tied down; compromised (promised); in duty bound., amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable., right, meet (due); moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological. -adverbs with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo; in foro conscientiae; quamdiu se bene gesserit. -phrases dura lex sed lex; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honos habet onus; leve fit quod bene fertur onus [Ovid]; loyauté m'oblige; "simple duty hath no place for fear" [Whittier]; "stern daughter of the voice of God" [Wordsworth]; "there
Antonyms:	dereliction of duty
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Main Entry:	affair
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
Synonyms:	assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	allegiance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	loyalty
Synonyms:	adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety
Antonyms:	disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason

Main Entry:	assessment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	assignment of fee, amount
Synonyms:	appraisal, charge, demand, duty, estimate, fee, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation

Main Entry:	assignment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	responsibility, task
Synonyms:	appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, homework, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint

Main Entry:	burden
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mental weight; stress
Synonyms:	Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry
Antonyms:	aid, help, relief

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