You must account for your neglect of duty.
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Duty
//ˈdjuː.ti//
Synonyms for "duty" (300 found)
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Closest matches (60)
accountabilityobligationresponsibilityactive servicead valorem dutyadmirationadorationalcohol taxallegianceamenabilityamusement taxanswerabilityapotheosisappreciationapprobationapprovalassessmentassessment on defaultassignmentawe
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bedtime prayerbitblackmailbreathless adorationburdenbusinessbusyworkcallcall forcallingcamp meetingcapacitycapital gains taxcapitationcapitation taxcargoceremonialceremonycesscharactercharechargechorechurchchurch serviceclaimcommandcommissioncommitmentcommittalcomplineconcernconscience moneyconsiderationcontributioncorporation taxcourtesycustomcustoms
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (90)
customs dutydeadweightdeath dutydeath taxdedicationdeferencedeificationdemanddemand fordetaildevoirdevotiondevotionsdirect taxdivine servicedoomagedraftdraindraughtdraughtsman
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draughtyend useerrandestate dutyestate taxesteemestimationethicsevening devotionsevensongexactionexaggerated respectexcess profits taxexciseexcise taxexerciseexercisesexport taxextortionextortionate demandfaithfaithfulnessfatiguefavorfealtyfederal taxfidelityfish to fryformform of worshipformalityformulaformularyfreightfunctiongabellegallantrygift taxgoalgraduated taxationgreat respecthead taxheavy demandhero worshiphigh regardholy ritehomagehomeworkhonoridolatryidolizationimmediate purposeimperativeimport taximpositionimpostincome taxindentindirect taxinheritance taxinsistent demandinstitutioninternal revenue taxjobjob of workjoint returnlaborland taxlaudslevy
Related words (150)
liabilityliquor taxliturgyloadlocal taxloyaltyluxury taxmake-workmarkmassmatinsmatters in handmeetingmillstonemissionmode of worshipmorning devotionsmustmysterynational service
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neednight songnonenonesnonnegotiable demandnoticenovenanuisance taxobjectobjectiveobservanceoccupationodd jobofficeonusoperationoperational purposeorderorder of worshipordinanceoughtpartpersonal property taxpiece of workplacepollpoll taxpositionpostpracticepraise meetingprayerprayer meetingprayersprescribed formprestigeprimeprime songprogressive taxprojectproperty taxproperty-increment taxprotective tariffprovinceprovincial taxpublic worshippurposeratablerateratesregardrequirementrequisitionrespectrevenue tariffreverencereverential regardrevivalrevival meetingrightriteritualritual observanceritualityrolerushrush ordersacramentsacramentalsales taxsalt taxschool taxselective serviceseparate returnsserviceseverance taxsextsingle taxsolemnityspecific dutystate taxstintsupertaxsurtaxtargettarifftariff dutytasktaxtax basetax dodgingtax evasiontax exemptiontax returntax structuretax withholdingtax-exempt statustaxable incometaxationtaxingtelephone taxtent meetingthings to dotiercetithetolltributeultimate purposeultimatumundersonguseuse taxvalue added taxvatvenerationvespervespersvigilvigilswarningwatch meetingwatch nightwatch-night serviceweightwindow taxwithholding taxworkworship
Noun(2 words)
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259 translations across 75 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- detyrë noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- rangë noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- taksë dogane noun (tax; tariff)
Arabic
4 entries- رَسْم noun (tax; tariff)
- واجب noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- وَاجِب noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- وَظِيفَة noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Armenian
4 entries- հերթափոխ noun (period of time)
- մաքս noun (tax; tariff)
- մաքսատուրք noun (tax; tariff)
- պարտականություն noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Aromanian
1 entries- dat noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- borc noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- gömrük noun (tax; tariff)
- rüsum noun (tax; tariff)
- vəzifə noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Bashkir
1 entries- бурыс noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Belarusian
4 entries- абавя́зак noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- дзяжу́рства noun (period of time)
- доўг noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- збор noun (tax; tariff)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дежу́рство noun (period of time)
- дълг noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- ми́то noun (tax; tariff)
- слу́жба noun (period of time)
Catalan
4 entries- deure noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- obligació noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- servei noun (period of time)
- taxa noun (tax; tariff)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 稅 /税 noun (tax; tariff)
- 義務 /义务 noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- 責任 /责任 noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- 關稅 /关税 noun (tax; tariff)
Chuukese
1 entries- wis noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- bergi noun (tax; tariff)
- vazife noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Czech
4 entries- clo noun (tax; tariff)
- povinnost noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- služba noun (period of time)
- směna noun (period of time)
Danish
3 entries- pligt noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- tjeneste noun (period of time)
- told noun (tax; tariff)
Dutch
3 entries- plicht noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- taks noun (tax; tariff)
- van dienst noun (period of time)
Esperanto
3 entries- devo noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- dogano noun (tax; tariff)
- tarifo noun (tax; tariff)
Estonian
2 entries- kohustus noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- tollimaks noun (tax; tariff)
Faroese
1 entries- tollur noun (tax; tariff)
Finnish
3 entries- tullimaksu noun (tax; tariff)
- työvuoro noun (period of time)
- velvollisuus noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
French
4 entries- devoir noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- obligation noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- service noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- taxe noun (tax; tariff)
Galician
2 entries- obriga noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- obrigación noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Georgian
4 entries- ვალდებულება noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- ვახტი noun (period of time)
- მოვალეობა noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- მორიგეობა noun (period of time)
German
4 entries- Arbeitszeit noun (period of time)
- Einfuhrsteuer noun (tax; tariff)
- Pflicht noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- Schicht noun (period of time)
Greek
4 entries- βάρδια noun (period of time)
- δασμός noun (tax; tariff)
- καθήκον noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- υποχρέωση noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Hebrew
1 entries- חוֹבָה noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Hindi
4 entries- उत्तरदायित्व noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- कर noun (tax; tariff)
- कर्तव्य noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- कृत्य noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Hungarian
3 entries- kötelesség noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- szolgálat noun (period of time)
- vám noun (tax; tariff)
Icelandic
2 entries- kvöð noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- skylda noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- باج noun (tax; tariff)
- تَکْلیف noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- وَظیفِه noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- گُمْرُک noun (tax; tariff)
Irish
1 entries- dualgas noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Italian
4 entries- attività noun (period of time)
- balzello noun (tax; tariff)
- dazio noun (tax; tariff)
- dovere noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Japanese
4 entries- 勤め noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- 役目 noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- 服務 noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- 税金 noun (tax; tariff)
Kazakh
4 entries- алым noun (tax; tariff)
- баж noun (tax; tariff)
- борыш noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- міндет noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Korean
4 entries- 관세 noun (tax; tariff)
- 근무 noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- 세금 noun (tax; tariff)
- 업무 noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- алым noun (tax; tariff)
- милдет noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Latin
4 entries- dēbitum noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- illātiō noun (tax; tariff)
- indictiō noun (tax; tariff)
- iūs noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Latvian
1 entries- pienākums noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Lithuanian
2 entries- muitas noun (tax; tariff)
- pareiga noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Low German
1 entries- Plicht noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Macedonian
4 entries- дежурство noun (period of time)
- должност noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- должност noun (period of time)
- служба noun (period of time)
Malayalam
3 entries- കടമ noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- ജോലിസമയം noun (period of time)
- തീരുവ noun (tax; tariff)
Maltese
1 entries- dmir noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Mongolian
2 entries- суудал noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- хураамж noun (tax; tariff)
Māori
3 entries- tiuti noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- tiuti noun (tax; tariff)
- tāke taonga noun (tax; tariff)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- plikt noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- toll noun (tax; tariff)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- toll noun (tax; tariff)
Occitan
2 entries- dever noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- obligacion noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Old Armenian
3 entries- բաժ noun (tax; tariff)
- հարկ noun (tax; tariff)
- տուրք noun (tax; tariff)
Old English
1 entries- pleoh noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اصر noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- باج noun (tax; tariff)
- رسم noun (tax; tariff)
- منت noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Flicht noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Polish
4 entries- cło noun (tax; tariff)
- dyżur noun (period of time)
- obowiązek noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- służba noun (period of time)
Portuguese
4 entries- dever noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- imposto noun (tax; tariff)
- obrigação noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- plantão noun (period of time)
Romanian
4 entries- datorie noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- datorie noun (tax; tariff)
- impozit noun (tax; tariff)
- sarcină noun (period of time)
Russian
4 entries- дежу́рство noun (period of time)
- долг noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- нало́г noun (tax; tariff)
- обя́занность noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Sanskrit
2 entries- कर्तव्य noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- धर्म noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Sardinian
2 entries- dovère noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- òbrigu noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- càin noun (tax; tariff)
- cìs noun (tax; tariff)
- còir noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dežúrstvo noun (period of time)
- dúžnōst noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- dúžnōst noun (period of time)
- slùžba noun (period of time)
Slovak
3 entries- povinnosť noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- služba noun (period of time)
- zmena noun (period of time)
Slovene
1 entries- dolžnost noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Somali
1 entries- waajib noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Spanish
4 entries- arancel noun (tax; tariff)
- cometido noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- deber noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- menester noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Swahili
1 entries- zamu noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Swedish
4 entries- plikt noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- skyldighet noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- tjänst noun (period of time)
- tull noun (tax; tariff)
Tajik
4 entries- боҷ noun (tax; tariff)
- вазифа noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- гумрук noun (tax; tariff)
- хироҷ noun (tax; tariff)
Tamil
1 entries- கடமை noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Thai
3 entries- กิจ noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- งาน noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- หน้าที่ noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Turkish
4 entries- görev noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- gümrük noun (tax; tariff)
- ithal vergisi noun (tax; tariff)
- vardiya noun (period of time)
Tuvan
1 entries- каайлы noun (tax; tariff)
Ukrainian
4 entries- борг noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- вартува́ння noun (period of time)
- збір noun (tax; tariff)
- змі́на noun (period of time)
Urdu
1 entries- واجِب noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Uzbek
4 entries- boj noun (tax; tariff)
- burch noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- poshlina noun (tax; tariff)
- vazifa noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chức trách noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- chức vụ noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
- hải quan noun (tax; tariff)
- nghĩa vụ noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Zazaki
1 entries- wezife (diq) noun (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
You must perform your duty.
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You had better not smoke while on duty.
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What time are you going on duty?
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