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Duty

noun

(pl. duties)

The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force. Synonyms: obligation, responsibility. "Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"

Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.

A government tax on imports or exports. Synonym: tariff.

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"Duty" Quotes from Famous Books

... still a most important subject to consider, which is, How far criticism in passing judgments on particular events is permitted, or in duty bound, to make use of its wider view of things, and therefore also of that which is shown by results; or when and where it should leave out of sight these things in order to place itself, as far as possible, in the exact position ...

— On War • Carl von Clausewitz

... At his dim threshold I often questioned him, and the whole smithy always answered me. The sparks laughed in the coal, and syllables of metal fashioned a mysterious and profound language which moved me like the words of duty. And I experienced there almost the same feelings as in the home of the ...

— Romance of the Rabbit • Francis Jammes

... the periodical revisions of the land revenue assessment the Deputy Commissioner has no direct concern. That very responsible duty is done by a special staff of Settlement Officers, selected chiefly from among the Assistant Commissioners and working under the Commissioners and Financial Commissioners. The Director of Land Records, the Registrar of Co-operative ...

— The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir • Sir James McCrone Douie

... believed, as Hamilton wrote Jay when asking an extra session of the Legislature, that the defeat of Jefferson was "the only means to save the nation from more disasters," and they naturally looked to him to accomplish that defeat. Of all men that ever led a political party, therefore, it was Hamilton's duty to sink personal antipathy, but in this attack upon Adams he seems deliberately to have sinned against the light. This was the judgment of men of his own day, and at the end of a century it is the judgment of men who cherish his teachings and ...

— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... the new-comer, who came swinging along with defiant nonchalance, like one who knows that it is other people's duty to protect him. Noemi told the dog to lie down, but it gave no heed; she caught the creature's ears in both hands and drew it back: the dog whined and growled at the discomfort, but did not cease barking. At last Noemi put her foot on ...

— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai

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