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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Duty \Du"ty\, n.; pl {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. --Tyndale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: duty n 1: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons: "the duties of the job" 2: the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force: "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr [syn: {responsibility}, {obligation}] 3: a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" [syn: {tariff}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. Sir Lavender Portwine in favor at court, Was wroth at his master, who'd kissed Lady Port. His anger provoked him to take the king's head, But duty prevailed, and he took the king's bread, Instead. G.J. E
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