Synonyms of the word duty


DUTYOBLIGATION - RESPONSIBILITY - TARIFF - WORK

duty

  • n. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
  • n. A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.
  • n. Describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.
  • n. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff, customs duty, excise duty.
  • n. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
  • n. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
  • n. The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain…

obligation

  • n. The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
  • n. A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid…
  • n. A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
  • n. (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.

responsibility

  • n. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
  • n. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
  • n. (military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility…
  • n. (military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted…

tariff

  • n. A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or…
  • n. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
  • n. (Britain) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
  • v. (transitive) to levy a duty on (something).

work

  • n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
  • n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
  • n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
  • n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  • n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
  • n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
  • v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  • v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
  • v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
  • v. (transitive) To set into action.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
  • v. (intransitive) To ferment.
  • v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
  • v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
  • v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  • v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  • v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
  • v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to work.
  • v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
  • v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
  • v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

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