Definition of duty

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

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Post :: Post (n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger..
Rite :: Rite (n.) The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry..
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation..
Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..
Religion :: Religion (n.) Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice..
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised..
Imposing :: Imposing (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.
Commissary :: Commissary (n.) One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner..
Dutiable :: Dutiable (a.) Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods.
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent..
Adjunct :: Adjunct (n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
Pontificate :: Pontificate (v. i.) To perform the duty of a pontiff.
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Avener :: Avener (n.) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain..
Tour :: Tour (v. t.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty..
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