duties

NOUN

responsibility, assignment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burden business charge chore commission commitment contract function job need obligation office role service task work

STRONG

calling committal devoir dues engagement hook load millstone mission must occupation onus pains part province station string trouble trust undertaking weight

WEAK

minding the store ought taking care of business

Antonyms

STRONGEST

entertainment fun pastime unemployment

STRONG

advantage aid benefit blessing help hobby surrender

WEAK

disregard faithlessness inconstancy irresponsibility treachery

NOUN

tax on foreign goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levy rate tariff

STRONG

assessment custom customs due excise impost revenue toll

Antonyms

WEAK

disregard faithlessness inconstancy irresponsibility treachery

NOUN

moral obligation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability burden charge liability loyalty

STRONG

allegiance amenability answerability conscience deference devoir faithfulness honesty integrity obedience pledge respect reverence

WEAK

accountableness call of duty good faith

Antonyms

STRONG

disdain dishonesty dishonor disloyalty disobedience disregard disrespect treachery

WEAK

faithlessness inconstancy irresponsibility

Example Sentences

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As he put it, the first clause of Article 1, Section 8 specifies that “The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,” and “to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,” reads Article I, Section 8.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Duties of 10% are scheduled to begin on Feb. 1, with rates rising to 25% by June.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Appeared in the December 2, 2025, print edition as 'Costco Sues Over Duties, In Pursuit of Full Refund'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

So they have destroyed another aircraft and there is another Special Duties pilot stuck here.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein