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duty
Synonyms and Antonyms of duty
- The shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia.
- the regular duties of a lifeguard
assignment, chore, job, task
- I must obey the call of duty and serve my country.
Synonym Discussion of duty
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- the function of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information
- —Aldous Huxley
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- they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor
- —W. E. Gladstone
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- it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case
- —R. B. Taney
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- I felt it was not my province to inquire
- —Anne Brontë
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