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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
duty
n 1: the social force that binds you to the courses of action
demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in
our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every
opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John
D.Rockefeller Jr [syn: duty, responsibility,
obligation]
2: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal
reasons; "the duties of the job"
3: a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty
to lower duties on trade between their countries" [syn:
duty, tariff]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Duty \Du"ty\, n.; pl. Duties. [From Due.]
1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material
thing.]
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When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware,
thou receivest thy duty. --Tyndale.
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2. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or
refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service
morally obligatory.
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Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord,
and his country. --Hallam.
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3. Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of
a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
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With records sweet of duties done. --Keble.
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To employ him on the hardest and most imperative
duty. --Hallam.
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Duty is a graver term than obligation. A duty hardly
exists to do trivial things; but there may be an
obligation to do them. --C. J. Smith.
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4. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and
superiors. --Shak.
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5. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. "My
duty to you." --Shak.
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6. (Engin.) 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).
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7. (Com.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of
money required by government to be paid on the
importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
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Note: An impost on land or other real estate, and on the
stock of farmers, is not called a duty, but a direct
tax. [U.S.]
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Ad valorem duty, a duty which is graded according to the
cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See Ad
valorem.
Specific duty, a duty of a specific sum assessed on an
article without reference to its value or market.
On duty, actually engaged in the performance of one's
assigned task.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
DUTY, natural law. A human action which is, exactly conformable to the laws
which require us to obey them.
2. It differs from a legal obligation, because a duty cannot always be
enforced by the law; it is our duty, for example, to be temperate in eating,
but we are under no legal obligation to be so; we ought to love our
neighbors, but no law obliges us to love them.
3. Duties may be considered in the relation of man towards God, towards
himself, and towards mankind. 1. We are bound to obey the will of God as far
as we are able to discover it, because he is the sovereign Lord of the
universe who made and governs all things by his almighty power, and infinite
wisdom. The general name of this duty is piety: which consists in
entertaining just opinions concerning him, and partly in such affections
towards him, and such, worship of him, as is suitable to these opinions.
4.-2. A man has a duty to perform towards himself; he is bound by the
law of nature to protect his life and his limbs; it is his duty, too, to
avoid all intemperance in eating and drinking, and in the unlawful
gratification of all his other appetites.
5.-3. He has duties to perform towards others. He is bound to do to
others the same justice which he would have a right to expect them to do to
him.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit,
along the line of desire.
Sir Lavender Portwine, in favor at court,
Was wroth at his master, who'd kissed Lady Port.
His anger provoked him to take the king's head,
But duty prevailed, and he took the king's bread,
Instead.
G.J.
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Thesaurus Results for duty:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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