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/ˈdjuː.ti/ · noun
(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do..
Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast.
1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson England expects that every man will do his duty.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.
customs duty
Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.
Use duty when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Duty means (countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do..
Common synonyms include obligation, excise duty, responsibility, tariff.
Possible antonyms include duty-free, right.
Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast.
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