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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devoir \De*voir"\, n. [F., fr L. debere to owe. See {Due}.]
Duty; service owed; hence due act of civility or respect; --
now usually in the plural; as they paid their devoirs to the
ladies. ``Do now your devoid, young knights!'' --Chaucer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
devoir
n : formal expression of respect
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