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Definition of duty
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of duty is as below...
Duty (n.) 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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Supererogation
::
Supererogate
(v. i.) To do more than duty
requires;
to
perform
works of
supererogation;
to atone (for a
dificiency
in
another)
by means of a
surplus
action
or
quality.
Truant
::
Truant
(n.) One who stays away from
business
or any duty;
especially,
one who stays out of
school
without
leave;
an
idler;
a
loiterer;
a
shirk..
Perfunctory
::
Perfunctory
(a.) Done
merely
to get rid of a duty;
performed
mechanically
and as a thing of rote; done in a
careless
and
superficial
manner;
characterized
by
indifference;
as,
perfunctory
admonitions..
Deforce
::
Deforce
(v.) To
resist
the
execution
of the law; to
oppose
by
force,
as an
officer
in the
execution
of his
duty..
Attend
::
Attend
(v. i.) To
accompany
or be
present
or near at hand, in
pursuance
of duty; to be ready for
service;
to wait or be in
waiting;
-- often
followed
by on or
upon..
Pontage
::
Pontage
(n.) A duty or tax paid for
repairing
bridges.
Transgress
::
Transgress
(v. t.)
Hence,
to
overpass,
as any
prescribed
as the /imit of duty; to break or
violate,
as a law, civil or
moral..
Ad Valorem
::
Ad
valorem
() A term used to
denote
a duty or
charge
laid upon
goods,
at a
certain
rate per cent upon their
value,
as
stated
in their
invoice,
-- in
opposition
to a
specific
sum upon a given
quantity
or
number;
as, an ad
valorem
duty of
twenty
per
cent..
Exonerate
::
Exonerate
(v. t.) To
discharge
from duty or
obligation,
as a
ball..
Lapse
::
Lapse (n.) A slip; an
error;
a
fault;
a
failing
in duty; a
slight
deviation
from truth or
rectitude.
Shorage
::
Shorage
(n.) Duty paid for goods
brought
on
shore.
Wrong
::
Wrong (a.) Not
according
to the laws of good
morals,
whether
divine
or
human;
not
suitable
to the
highest
and best end; not
morally
right;
deviating
from
rectitude
or duty; not just or
equitable;
not true; not
legal;
as, a wrong
practice;
wrong
ideas;
wrong
inclinations
and
desires..
Department
::
Department
(v. i.)
Subdivision
of
business
or
official
duty;
especially,
one of the
principal
divisions
of
executive
government;
as, the
treasury
department;
the war
department;
also, in a
university,
one of the
divisions
of
instruction;
as, the
medical
department;
the
department
of
physics..
Undertake
::
Undertake
(v. i.) To take upon one's self, or
assume,
any
business,
duty, or
province..
Summons
::
Summons
(v.) The act of
summoning;
a call by
authority,
or by the
command
of a
superior,
to
appear
at a place
named,
or to
attend
to some
duty..
Coroner
::
Coroner
(n.) An
officer
of the peace whose
principal
duty is to
inquire,
with the help of a jury, into the cause of any
violent,
sudden
or
mysterious
death,
or death in
prison,
usually
on sight of the body and at the place where the death
occurred..
Mintage
::
Mintage
(n.) The duty paid to the mint for
coining.
Allegiance
::
Allegiance
(n.) The tie or
obligation,
implied
or
expressed,
which a
subject
owes to his
sovereign
or
government;
the duty of
fidelity
to one's king,
government,
or
state..
Illuminate
::
Illuminate
(v. t.) To make plain or
clear;
to
dispel
the
obscurity
to by
knowledge
or
reason;
to
explain;
to
elucidate;
as, to
illuminate
a text, a
problem,
or a
duty..
Forfeit
::
Forfeit
(n.) A thing
forfeit
or
forfeited;
what is or may be taken from one in
requital
of a
misdeed
committed;
that which is lost, or the right to which is
alienated,
by a
crime,
offense,
neglect
of duty, or
breach
of
contract;
hence,
a fine; a
mulct;
a
penalty;
as, he who
murders
pays the
forfeit
of his
life..
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