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Antonyms for duties

Grammar : Noun
Spell : doo-tee, dyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdu ti, ˈdyu-


Definition of duties

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Anglo-French duete, from Old French deu "due, owed; proper, just," from Vulgar Latin *debutus, from Latin debitus, past participle of debere "to owe" (see debt). Related: Duties. The sense of "tax or fee on imports, exports, etc." is from late 15c.; duty-free as a noun is attested from 1958.
  • noun responsibility, assignment
  • noun tax on foreign goods
  • noun moral obligation
Example sentences :
  • Their first act is to lower the duties on the importation of foreign cattle!
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The duties were to be reduced and the system improved, but the principle was to be maintained.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • It was simply as to the amount of relaxation the country could bear in the duties.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and prayers of every one of you.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Do you mean my particular seat, the clerks, or the duties, or all combined?
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • You think of other duties you have undertaken, and wonder who will carry them through.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Might not the duties of some callings be incompatible with marriage?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Then of course to the duties of a wife belong the claims Society has upon her as a wife.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

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