Duty

Synonyms for duty
noun responsibility, assignment

function
chore
task
business
service
office
work
charge
commitment
contract

commission
job
role
burden
need
obligation
load
onus
province
string

weight
undertaking
engagement
mission
calling
hook
must
part
millstone
station

trouble
trust
dues
occupation
committal
devoir
pains
minding the store
ought
taking care of business

Antonyms for duty

entertainment
fun
pastime
aid
advantage
surrender

hobby
disregard
faithlessness
treachery
unemployment
benefit

blessing
help
irresponsibility
inconstancy

Synonyms
noun tax on foreign goods

levy
tariff
rate

excise
revenue
due

custom
toll
impost

customs
assessment

Antonyms

disregard
faithlessness

treachery
irresponsibility

inconstancy

Synonyms
noun moral obligation

liability
charge
loyalty
burden
accountability
conscience

faithfulness
pledge
amenability
obedience
allegiance
reverence

deference
respect
integrity
honesty
good faith
devoir

answerability
accountableness
call of duty

Antonyms

dishonesty
disloyalty
treachery
disobedience

disdain
disregard
disrespect
dishonor

faithlessness
irresponsibility
inconstancy

Concept Thesaurus for word duty
1. Moral obligations
Synonyms – noun

duty
liability
imperative duty
allegiance
function, calling (business)
case of conscience
still small voice within
dueness
amenability
the right thing to do
deontology
casuistry
discharge
redemption

what ought to be done
onus
call
fealty
morality
conscientiousness (probity)
sense of duty
propriety
decorum
the proper thing to do.
aretology
polity.
performance
good behavior.

moral obligation
responsibility
call of duty
tie engagement (promise) [more]
morals
conscience
tender conscience
fitness
the thing
[Science of morals] ethics
moral philosophy
observance
acquittal

accountableness
bounden duty
accountability.
part
decalogue
inward monitor
the hell within.
seemliness
the proper thing
ethology.
ethical philosophy
fulfillment
satisfaction

Synonyms – verbs

be the duty of
become
pertain to
lie on one’s head
be bound to
incur a responsibility n.
have to answer for
require
saddle with
look to
observe a duty
acquit oneself of a duty
observe an obligation
acquit oneself of an obligation
do justice to
be on one’s good behavior

be incumbent on
befit
fall to one’s lot
lie at one’s door
become bound to
be under an obligation
owe to it oneself.
exact
prescribe
oblige.
fulfill a duty
satisfy a duty
fulfill an obligation
satisfy an obligation
be at one’s post
mind one’s P’s and Q’s.

be responsible
beseem
devolve on
rest with
be sponsor for
stand under an obligation
impose a duty
bind
assign
enter upon a duty
discharge a duty
enter upon an obligation
discharge an obligation
act one’s part
do duty

behoove
belong to
lie upon
rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself (promise)[more]
become sponsor for
lie under an obligation
enjoin
bind over
call upon
perform a duty
adhere to a duty
perform an obligation
adhere to an obligation
redeem one’s pledge
do one’s duty (be virtuous)[more]

Synonyms – adjectives

obligatory
stringent (severe)
under obligation
saddled with.
indebted to
amenable
answerable.
casuistical

binding
behooving
obliged by
due to
tied down
liable
right, meet (due)
conscientious

imperative
incumbent on
bound by
beholden to
compromised (promised)
accountable
moral
ethological.

peremptory
chargeable on
tied by
bound to
in duty bound.
responsible
ethical

Synonyms – phrases
dura lex sed lex; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honos habet onus; leve fit quod bene fertur onus [Ovid]; loyauté m’oblige; “simple duty hath no place for fear” [Whittier]; “stern daughter of the voice of God” [Wordsworth]; “there
Antonyms

dereliction of duty

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Other adjectives related to duty

accountable
beholden to
bound by
committed
dutiful
in duty bound
liable
obliged to
promising
saddled with
under hand and seal

affianced
behooving
bound to
compromised
ethical
in for it
meet
peremptory
promissory
stringent
under obligation

amenable
binding
casuistical
conscientious
ethological
incumbent on
moral
pledged
responsible
tied by
upon oath

answerable
bound
chargeable on
due to
imperative
indebted to
obligatory
promised
right
tied down
votive

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