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Defenition of the word duty

    • Defenition of the word duty

      • That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
      • work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons: "the duties of the job"
      • the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force: "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
      • a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
      • work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"
      • the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- Jo
      • work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
      • the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
      • a government tax on imports or exports

    Synonyms for the word duty

      • contractual obligation
      • due
      • function
      • import tax
      • job
      • levy
      • obligation
      • payment
      • responsibility
      • sense of duty
      • tariff
      • task
      • tax
      • undertaking
      • what you have to do

    Similar words in the duty

      • duty
      • duty's

    Hyponyms for the word duty

      • assignment
      • burden of proof
      • chore
      • civic duty
      • civic responsibility
      • countervailing duty
      • custom
      • customs
      • customs duty
      • demand
      • duty assignment
      • export duty
      • filial duty
      • function
      • guardianship
      • imperative
      • import duty
      • impost
      • incumbency
      • job
      • keeping
      • legal duty
      • line of duty
      • moral obligation
      • noblesse oblige
      • octroi
      • office
      • part
      • prerequisite
      • protective tariff
      • requirement
      • revenue tariff
      • role
      • safekeeping
      • task
      • tonnage
      • tonnage duty
      • tunnage
      • white man's burden

    Hypernyms for the word duty

      • indirect tax
      • revenue enhancement
      • social control
      • surname
      • tax
      • taxation
      • work

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