duty
IPA: dˈuti
noun
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
- A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
- (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
- (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
- A surname.
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Examples of "duty" in Sentences
- He is paralyzed in the line of duty.
- Otherwise it is pure dereliction of duty.
- This was the duty and profession of the Nairs.
- It is the duty of the Christian to neglect neither.
- The care of these is the duty of the third section.
- Rather, it was the fulfillment of a duty and the assumption of responsibility.