duty

Roget-categorie 926

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.1. Moral obligations

#926. Duty

zelfstandig naamwoord

duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness^†, liability, onus, responsibility — bounden duty, imperative duty — call, call of duty — accountability.
allegiance, fealty, tie engagement etc. (promise) 768 — part — function, calling etc. (business) 625.
morality, morals, decalogue — case of conscience — conscientiousness etc. (probity) 939 — conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego — the hell within [Paradise Lost]. dueness etc. 924 — propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, to prepon — the thing, the proper thing — the right thing to do, the proper thing to do.
[Science of morals] ethics, ethology.
— deontology^†, aretology^† — moral philosophy, ethical philosophy — casuistry, polity.
observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption — good behavior.

werkwoord

be the duty of — be incumbent etc. adj.. on, be responsible etc. adj. — behoove, become, befit, beseem — belong to, pertain to — fall to one's lot — devolve on — lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door — rest with, rest on the shoulders of.
take upon oneself etc. (promise) 768 — be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for — incur a responsibility etc. n. — be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation — have to answer for, owe to it oneself.
impose a duty, etc. n. — enjoin, require, exact — bind, bind over — saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.
enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation — act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post — do duty — do one's duty etc. (be virtuous) 944.
be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

obligatory, binding — imperative, peremptory — stringent etc. (severe) 739 — behooving etc. v. — incumbent on, chargeable on — under obligation — obliged by, bound by, tied by — saddled with.
due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to — tied down — compromised etc. (promised) 768 — in duty bound.
amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable.
right, meet etc. (due) 924 — moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological.

bijwoord

with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo [Lat.] — in foro conscientiae [Lat.] — quamdiu se bene gesserit [Lat.].

uitdrukking

dura lex sed lex [Lat.] — dulce et decorum est pro patria mori [Lat.] — honos habet onus [Lat.] — leve fit quod bene fertur onus [Lat.] [Ovid]; loyaute m'oblige [Fr.] — simple duty bath no place for fear" [Whittier]; stern daughter of the voice of God" [Wordsworth]; there is a higher law than the Constitution" [Wm. Seward].

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