a sense of duty

  • 11duty */*/*/ — UK [ˈdjuːtɪ] / US [ˈdutɪ] noun Word forms duty : singular duty plural duties 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a legal or moral obligation He has a duty under the terms of his contract to pay rent. be someone s duty to do something: It is your duty… …

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  • 12Duty — This article is about the ethical concept. For other uses, see Duty (disambiguation). Duty by Edmund Leighton Duty (from due meaning that which is owing ; Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence debt ) is …

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  • 13duty — A tax on imports, exports, or consumption goods. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary There are two main types of duty collected by HM Customs and Excise: one is import duty , which is duty charged on goods imported into the European Union ( EU); and… …

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  • 14Duty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Duty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 duty duty what ought to be done moral obligation accountableness liability onus responsibility Sgm: N 1 bounden duty bounden duty imperative duty Sgm: N 1 call call …

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  • 15duty — noun 1 STH YOU HAVE TO DO (C, U) something that you have to do because it is morally or legally right (+ to/towards): Ian felt a sense of duty towards his parents. | have a duty to do sth/be your duty to do sth: The company has a duty to its… …

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  • 16duty — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility (his duty to report it). b the binding force of what is right (strong sense of duty). c what is required of one (do one s duty). 2 payment to the public revenue, esp.: a that levied… …

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  • 17sense — /sens/, n., v., sensed, sensing. n. 1. any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body. 2. these faculties collectively. 3. their operation… …

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  • 18sense — [[t]sɛns[/t]] n. v. sensed, sens•ing 1) phl any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body 2) phl these faculties collectively 3) phl their …

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  • 19sense — /sɛns / (say sens) noun 1. each of the special faculties connected with bodily organs by which human beings and other animals perceive external objects and their own bodily changes (commonly reckoned as sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch). 2 …

  • 20duty — noun 1) a misguided sense of duty Syn: responsibility, obligation, commitment, allegiance, loyalty 2) it was his duty to attend the king Syn: job, task, assignment, mission, function …

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