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
- 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
Synonyms for duty-bound
- accountable
- answerable
- answerable for
- appreciative
- apprenticed
- articled
- at fault
- at the helm
- authoritative
- beholden
- bent
- bonded
- bound
- bound to
- bounden
- called by duty
- carrying the load
- censurable
- certain
- chargeable
- coerced
- committed
- compelled
- constrained
- contracted
- culpable
- decision-making
- devolving on
- doomed
- driven
- duty-bound
- engaged
- enslaved
- executive
- exposed
- fated
- fettered
- firm
- forced
- grateful
- guilty
- hampered
- having no alternative
- held
- high
- honor-bound
- hooked
- impelled
- important
- in authority
- in control
- in debt
- in hock
- incumbent
- indebted
- indentured
- intent
- liable
- made
- minding the store
- necessitated
- obligated
- obliged
- on the hook
- open
- owed
- owing
- pledged
- pressed
- required
- responsible
- restrained
- subject
- sure
- susceptive
- sworn to
- thankful
- tied
- to blame
- under compulsion
- under contract
- under necessity
- under obligation
- urged
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