dutifulness

noun

1
as in responsibility

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2
as in humility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dutifulness
  1. responsibility
  2. humility
  3. punctiliousness
  4. deference
  5. watchfulness
  6. servility
  7. vigilance
  8. docility
Noun
  • His responsibilities included opening the facility, watching the children and handling most of the technology at the daycare, including the camera system.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • These are essential for executives to perform optimally when heavier responsibilities inevitably arrive, much like reinforcing a bridge before any cracks appear.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of responsibility
Noun
  • Native students are raised with humility and community, values that collide with a college system built on self-promotion and self-advocacy.
    — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Hansard and Irglová were both musicians but non-actors, and their subdued acting choices were later praised by critics for lending a humility and credibility to Once’s plot.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
Definition of humility
Noun
  • Censori has the punctiliousness of a Capricorn—her birthday is January 5—but her moon speaks to her artistic, sensitive side.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of punctiliousness
Noun
  • The February filing expressly argued that men and biological women who identify as men can be treated differently under equal-protection principles and emphasized the large degree of deference courts traditionally give military judgments.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026
  • Career agency officials with relevant expertise make the final funding decisions, giving deference to the peer reviewers.
    — Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
Definition of deference
Noun
  • But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
  • Hong Kong icon Tony Leung has channeled brooding urban energy for the masterpieces of Wong Kar-Wai, balancing the debonair ennui of Marcello Mastroianni with the quiet watchfulness of Montgomery Clift.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
Definition of watchfulness
Noun
  • Though the national independence be blurred by the servility of individuals, though freedom and equality have been proclaimed only to leave room for a monstrous display of slave-dealing and slave-keeping .
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of servility
Noun
  • Therefore, borrowers should exercise constant vigilance and carefully review their statements.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • This can lead to safety and operational concerns that require vigilance to ensure the protection of all meeting participants.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Definition of vigilance
Noun
  • Carlson-Wee introduces himself to Wood with the sweet docility of a young boy meeting his hero.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The same goes for docility, often characterized as a near neighbor of meekness.
    — Timothy J. Pawl, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of docility
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“Dutifulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutifulness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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