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Antonyms for duty-bound


Grammar : Adj



Definition of duty-bound

  • As in indebted : adj under an obligation
  • As in obligated : adj bound
  • As in obliged : adj bound
  • As in responsible : adj accountable, in charge
  • As in bound : adj obligated; destined
Example sentences :
  • As a rule, parents think themselves in duty-bound to take their boys to the seaside for these holidays.
  • Extract from : « John Bull, Junior » by Max O'Rell
  • Old Marster fooled us to believe we was duty-bound to stay with him till we was all twenty-one.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
  • But to everything Pan Stanislav answered: “A fish, a duty-bound fish.”
  • Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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