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mission

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mission

a specific task with which a person or group is charged

your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives

Synonyms of mission

assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, job, operation, post

Words Related to mission

burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibility

errand, labor, work

commitment, pledge, promise

appointment, commission, designation, nomination

compulsion, constraint, restraint

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