bounden dutynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌbaʊn.dən ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˌbaʊn.dən ˈduː.t̬i/old-fashioned or humoroussomething that you feel you must do:
She felt that it was her bounden duty to tell the police about the incident.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answer for sb/sth
- answer for sth
- answer to sb
- answerable
- brother
- commitment
- fail
- I am not my brother's keeper idiom
- in the hot seat idiom
- incharge
- it's your own lookout idiom
- job
- portfolio
- responsible
- risk
- saddle sb with sth
- social contract
- stick
- stick sb with sth
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