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devoir
noun as in chore
noun as in command
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- act
- adjuration
- ban
- behest
- bidding
- call
- canon
- caveat
- charge
- citation
- commandment
- decree
- demand
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- edict
- enactment
- exaction
- fiat
- imperative
- imposition
- injunction
- interdiction
- notification
- obligation
- ordinance
- precept
- prescript
- proclamation
- prohibition
- proscription
- requirement
- requisition
- subpoena
- summons
- ultimatum
- warrant
- will
- writ
noun as in commitment
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noun as in duty
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noun as in duty
noun as in job
noun as in must
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noun as in need
noun as in obligation
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Example Sentences
L le pere Birat dit la Messe, & fit ce qu'il peut pour ranger vn chacun ce qui estoit du devoir.
Adieu, mon ami; je vous souhaiterais un devoir plus agreable a remplir.
I hope you do not deem the devoir of a country gentleman incompatible with the duties of a statesman?
You will have leisure, therefore, if it please you to take service under me, in which to learn your devoir.
It is easy, lady, for a man to ride forth in the light of day, and do his devoir when all men have eyes for him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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