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duty

Best crossword clue

"Required task"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈdjuː.ti/Part of speech nounSorted dtuyStarts with DEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
1D2U3T4Y

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Definitions

  1. work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons

Word origin

From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe + Middle English -te. Equivalent to due + -ty.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Your Excellency, I trust you will not find it necessary to use that word again. Were I not completely aware of my duty to my family and to my country, I would not have come back tonight…or indeed ever again!

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Required task4 letters
02Obligation4 letters

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