Showing Results for "duties"

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

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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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Conscripts are told they can work "from nine to six", earn far more and avoid routine duties.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Canada maintains tariffs on American-made steel, aluminum and automobiles, in response to hefty U.S. duties on those foreign-made goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Meink, a former top NRO leader, also wrote that he had no relationship with Musk and SpaceX outside of his professional duties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Foremost is the Online Safety Act - laws and duties online platforms must follow - implemented and enforced by media regulator Ofcom.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The spirits also had many important postwar duties like “preparing our homes for the poor wounded soldiers who are rapidly coming to our world.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock