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responsibility, assignment n.
tax on foreign goods n.
moral obligation n.

NOUN

responsibility, assignment

Synonyms

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burden business charge chore commission commitment contract function job need obligation office role service task work

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calling committal devoir dues engagement hook load millstone mission must occupation onus pains part province station string trouble trust undertaking weight

WEAK

minding the store ought taking care of business

Antonyms

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entertainment fun pastime unemployment

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advantage aid benefit blessing help hobby surrender

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disregard faithlessness inconstancy irresponsibility treachery

NOUN

tax on foreign goods

Synonyms

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levy rate tariff

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assessment custom customs due excise impost revenue toll

Antonyms

WEAK

disregard faithlessness inconstancy irresponsibility treachery

NOUN

moral obligation

Synonyms

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accountability burden charge liability loyalty

STRONG

allegiance amenability answerability conscience deference devoir faithfulness honesty integrity obedience pledge respect reverence

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accountableness call of duty good faith

Antonyms

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disdain dishonesty dishonor disloyalty disobedience disregard disrespect treachery

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faithlessness inconstancy irresponsibility

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duties

The couple left the UK and stepped back from their royal duties in early 2020, before settling in California in March that year.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Everyone in town seems to be getting married off, with the women resigning themselves to the conventional duties of a loveless union.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Should the matter proceed to litigation, a central question will be whether Bianco was acting within the scope of his duties as sheriff when he seized the ballots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The couple left Britain and quit royal duties in 2020 but made an unexpected return with their two children to live in the United Kingdom in August.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Early in 1596, he was granted leave of absence from his teaching duties to visit his ailing grandparents, and took the opportunity to call in on Maestlin in Tübingen.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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