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Return :: Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information..

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..

Wanderer :: Wanderer (n.) One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty..

Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..

Marshal :: Marshal (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists..

Percentage :: Percentage (n.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred..

Duty :: Duty (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty..

Tour :: Tour (v. t.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty..

Comptroler :: Comptroler (n.) A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.

Return :: Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc..

Ban :: Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc..

Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification..

Obligatory :: Obligatory (a.) Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier..

Debt :: Debt (n.) A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.

Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection..

Weigher :: Weigher (n.) One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities..

Piety :: Piety (n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc..

Post-fine :: Post-fine (n.) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver..

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