Duty

Noun

 * 1) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
 * 2) A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.
 * 3) describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.
 * 4) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
 * 5)  One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.

Adjectives for Duty
routine; submissive; competent; obstructionary; forcible; hardest; responsible; laborious; barbarous; conjugal; onerous; anxious; sickening; perilous;  special; competent;  childlike;charitable additional; ministerial;  necessary; paramount; rental; far-off; pleasurable; professorial; momentous; military; eternal; vile; devotional; peremptory; respectful; easy; polite; generous; melan choly; intimate; principal; filial; unforgotten; imperious; eventual; matutinal; major; discriminating; blockading; wifely; incumbent; austere; consular; immediate; habitual; noble; irresistible; sworn; diplomatic; protective;   distasteful;  lowliest; fearful; unfamiliar; mechanical; tyrannous; slothful; solemn; earthly; grim cursed; dull;  high; pious; repugnant homely; harsh; unhappy; rigorous; derelict multifarious (plural); stern-voiced; nebulous odious; manifest; tripartite; irksome; self-assumed; unpleasant; imperative; simple; stern; domestic; humanest; arduous; boring; differential; obnoxious; official; expedient; obvious; religious; paternal; stooping; manifold (plural); bounden; inescapable; unending; inefficient; inviolable; particular; useful; terrible; serious; wide-reaching; unloved; indispensable; colorless; ever-esteemed; active; humbler; costuming; civic; social; pedagogic; creative; vexatious; nerve-racking; constitutional; public; appropriate; disagreeable; sad; monotonous; weary; dangerous; exhausting; exacting; uncongenial; painful; respective; definite; foolish;

Verbs for Duty
assign—; assume—; attend to—; charge with—; comply with—; consign—to; define—; discharge—; disengage from—; en¬croach on—; engross in—; fail in—; ful¬fill—; impose—on; inculcate—; infringe on—; lessen—; meet—; neglect—; obey—; perform—; perish in—; pledge to—; pur¬sue—; relieve of—; repudiate—; restrain by—; scrap—; shirk—; shoulder—; slacken in—; stand firm on—; stress—; surrender—; swerve from—; teach—; transgress—; —allows; —binds; —embraces; —enjoins; —impels; —inspires; —permits; —presses; —pricks on ; —slackens; —weighs.

Thesaurus
responsibility, revenue tariff, reverence, reverential regard, revival, revival meeting, right, rite, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, role, rush, rush order, sacrament, sacramental, sales tax, salt tax, school tax, selective service, separate returns, service, severance tax, sext, single tax, solemnity, specific duty, state tax, stint, supertax, surtax, target, tariff, tariff duty, task, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation, taxing, telephone tax, tent meeting, things to do, tierce, tithe, toll, tribute, ultimate purpose, ultimatum, undersong, use, use tax, value added tax, veneration, vesper, vespers, vigils, warning, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, weight, window tax, withholding tax, work, worship, Mass, VAT, accountability, active service, ad valorem duty, admiration, adoration, alcohol tax, allegiance, amenability, amusement tax, answerability, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, assessment, assessment on default, assignment, awe, bedtime prayer, bit, blackmail, breathless adoration, burden, business, busywork, call, call for, calling, camp meeting, capacity, capital gains tax, capitation, capitation tax, cargo, ceremonial, ceremony, cess, character, chare, charge, chore, church, church service, claim, commission, commitment, committal, compline, conscience money, consideration, contribution, corporation tax, courtesy, customs, customs duty, deadweight, death duty, death tax, deference, deification, demand, demand for, devoir, devotions, direct tax, divine service, doomage, draft, drain, end use, errand, estate duty, estate tax, esteem, estimation, evening devotions, evensong, exaction, exaggerated respect, excess profits tax, excise, excise tax, exercise, exercises, export tax, extortion, extortionate demand, faithfulness, favor, fealty, federal tax, fidelity, fish to fry, form, form of worship, formality, formula, formulary, freight, function, gabelle, gift tax, goal, graduated taxation, great respect, head tax, heavy demand, hero worship, high regard, holy rite, homage, homework, honor, idolatry, idolization, immediate purpose, import tax, imposition, impost, income tax, indent, indirect tax, inheritance tax, insistent demand, institution, internal revenue tax, job, job of work, joint return, labor, land tax, lauds, levy, liability, liquor tax, liturgy, load, local tax, loyalty, luxury tax, make-work, mark, matins, matters in hand, meeting, millstone, mission, mode of worship, morning devotions, must, mystery, national service, need, night song, none, nones, nonnegotiable demand, notice, novena, nuisance tax, object, objective, obligation, observance, occupation, odd job, office, onus, operation, operational purpose, order, order of worship, ordinance, ought, part, personal property tax, piece of work, place, poll, poll tax, position, practice, praise meeting, prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, prescribed form, prestige, prime, prime song, progressive tax, project, property tax, property-increment tax, protective tariff, province, provincial tax, public worship, purpose, rates, regard, requirement, requisition, respect,

Etymology
From duete: <  deu:, past participle of devoir: <  debere: < de: + habere:.

Synonyms

 * obligation

Antonyms

 * duty-free (taxes)
 * right

Derived terms

 * active duty
 * chimney-duty
 * civic duty
 * death duty
 * Delivered Duty Paid
 * Delivered Duty Unpaid
 * dutiable
 * dutiful
 * duty-bound
 * duty calls
 * duty cycle
 * duty of care
 * estate duty
 * excise duty
 * export duty
 * fatigue duty


 * fiduciary duty
 * filial duty
 * heavy-duty
 * import duty
 * jury duty
 * legal duty
 * light-duty
 * line of duty
 * neglect duty
 * on duty
 * off duty
 * point duty
 * sea duty/sea-duty
 * shore duty
 * stamp duty
 * succession duty
 * tonnage duty
 * tour of duty

Related terms

 * due

Translations

 * Albanian: detyra
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, deure
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (zérèn);  (yìwù)
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Croatian:, ,  zaduženje
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kohustus
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: მოვალეობა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: शुल्क
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 義務(ぎむ, gimu)
 * Korean: 의무
 * Latin:, ,  ,
 * Latvian: pienākums
 * Lithuanian: pareiga
 * Macedonian: должност
 * Malayalam: കടമ
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: datorie
 * Russian:, обязанность
 * Scottish Gaelic: còir
 * Slovene: dolžnost
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: zamu
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (kìt),  (ŋaan)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ
 * Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ


 * Armenian: հերթափոխ
 * Bulgarian: дежурство
 * Catalan: servei
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: должност,
 * Malayalam: ജോലിസമയം
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: plantão
 * Russian: дежурство,
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shuì)
 * Crimean Tatar: bergi
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: tollimaks
 * Finnish: tullimaksu
 * French:


 * German:, Einfuhrsteuer
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 関税(かんぜい, kanzei)
 * Latin:, portorium,  vectigal,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: തീരുവ
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cìs, càin
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, tullavgift


 * Estonian: kohus; kohustus; toll; teenistuskohustus