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Synonyms & Antonyms of incumbency
something one must do because of prior agreement
- few incumbencies of her office are as distasteful to the college president as fund-raising, of which there seems to be no end
Synonyms for incumbency
- burden,
- charge,
- commitment,
- devoir,
- do
- [archaic],
- duty,
- imperative,
- need,
- obligation,
- office,
- responsibility
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The first known use of incumbency was circa 1608
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