DEVOIR Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

devoir

noun

də-ˈvwär

Definition of devoir

as in duty

something one must do because of prior agreement patient confidentiality has long been an integral part of a physician's professional devoir

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Noun

The friendly staff, who wear black uniforms with lettering that identifies their duties add to the hotel’s merry atmosphere.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
Building continuous-duty gyrotrons for geothermal drilling could therefore help develop technology needed by both industries.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of duty

Noun

Conversely, the players’ obligations remain individual, unfinanced and absorbed across 1,200 separate household clocks.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
And even with an involved father, mothers continue to carry the invisible mental load of the family, an unseen burden of data, obligations and preemptive planning tasks.

— Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of obligation

Noun

And as these doors open to the general public, the scientific community has a responsibility to develop clear standards for what makes up a medically reliable genome in the first place.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
The central point is that responsibility for AI’s effects rests with the people and institutions that develop, deploy, and rely on it.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of responsibility

Noun

Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
In a statement, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation acknowledged the need to improve regulation and ensure it is applied consistently in every county.

— Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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