duty-bound

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duty-bound

adj

morally obliged as a matter of duty

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Adj.

duty-bound - under a moral obligation to do something

obliged

obligated - caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan"

Translations

duty-bound [ˈdjuːtɪˌbaʊnd] adj (frm) to be duty-bound to do sth → avere il dovere morale di fare qc

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bound committed duty obligation obliged responsible			But, as a member of the Youth Citizenship Commission, brought together by the Government to investigate how our country can engage its young people in politics, I am duty-bound to inform that - shock horror IT seems that the only time by The Mirror (London, England) CAPTION(S): Anglesey council leader Clive McGregor says they were duty-bound to contest the Gallows Point case James Wilson, from mussel firm Deepdock has slammed the Anglesey Council's unsuccessful legal fight over Gallows Point Marina fight cost public pounds 225,000...now it'll be pounds 400k ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) After the revelation, Sheriff McKay said: "Do you realise the procurator fiscal is duty-bound to take this up with the JobCentre? 'Sly' job blunder in court by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Dutch West Indies Dutch wife Dutch-elm beetle Dutch-processed cocoa Dutchman Dutchman's breeches Dutchman's laudanum Dutchman's pipe Dutchman's-breeches Dutchman's-pipe Dutchwoman duteous dutiable Dutied dutiful dutifully dutifulness Dutton duty duty assignment duty call duty officer duty period duty status - whereabouts unknown duty tour duty-bound duty-free duty-free goods duty-free shop duty-paid duumvir Duumviral duumvirate Duvalier duvet duvet day duvetyn Duwamish dux duxelles duyker Duykerbok Duyoung DV DV cam dvandva DVD DVD burner DVD player DVD-A Dvergr			Duty Officer Duty Officer Duty Officer Says So Duty Officer's Report duty officers duty owed Duty Paid Delivered Duty Paid Value duty period Duty Qualification History Brief Duty ratio Duty ratio Duty Regional Officer Duty stamp Duty Station Duty Status duty status - whereabouts unknown duty status - whereabouts unknown duty to disclose duty to pay duty to pay money Duty to Report Duty to Trespassers Duty to Trespassers Duty to Trespassers Duty to Trespassers Duty to warn duty tour Duty Under Instruction duty unfulfilled duty-bound Duty-cycle Duty-cycle Duty-Cycle Space Vector duty-free duty-free Duty-Free Credit Entitlement Certificate Duty-Free Goods Duty-Free Goods Duty-Free Quota-Free Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate Scheme Duty-free shop Duty-free shop Duty-free shopping Duty-free shopping Duty-free shops Duty-free shops Duty-free store Duty-free store Duty-free stores Duty-free stores Duty-Free, Quota-Free Treatment duty-paid Dutyfree shop Dutyfree shop Dutyfree shops Dutyfree shops Dutyfree store Dutyfree store Dutyfree stores Dutyfree stores

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