duty
/ˈdu.ti/ noun B1- 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.
- The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task. · I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.
- An excise tax; especially, one on imports or exports. · customs duty
- The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
- The act of urination or defecation, especially for a dog.
Plural duties
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It’s so seldom Matthew sets his mind on anything that when he does I always feel it’s my duty to give in.
It seems a sort of duty.
It’ll be your duty to punish me, Marilla.
But it is my duty to go home to Miss Marilla Cuthbert.
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