duty-bound
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈdjuːti baʊnd/
:
obligado
- As a teacher, I feel duty-bound to help my students succeed.
- feel duty-bound
Examples
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Justice Stevens conceded this point in his dissent, but he argued that the defendant, as a state official, was duty bound to deliver anything he received "as a result of his violation of a duty of loyalty to the principal."
Academic text (2017) -
"I feel duty-bound to inform you of my suspicions "concerning a member of my staff.
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But as this is a committee decision not to bear arms, then I suppose I am duty bound to carry it.
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You are duty-bound to apply the law here.
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I know I am duty-bound to serve you, but let me just say on a personal note, - I really like you.
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The second you walked through that door, we were duty-bound to help you!
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Whatever the social worker's personal feelings, social workers are duty-bound to give priority to their professional judgment.
Academic text (2005) -
I feel duty-bound to urge you to cooperate with the U.S. government.
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When the laws are not in accord with revelation as it has been received, bishops are duty bound to reform the laws.
Academic text (2004) -
Every republican government is duty-bound to protect all its citizens in the enjoyment of this principle, if within its power.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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6.0
Required to do something by law, duty, or agreement
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4.2
Required by law or duty to do something
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4.4
Feeling you must do something because it is polite or right
Required by moral duty or law
Something a rule, law, or official says you must have
Antonyms
How Obligated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Duty-bound joins the common words duty ('responsibility' or 'something you must do') and bound ('tied' or 'forced'), so it makes the picture of a person who is 'tied' to their duty. So, duty-bound means you feel you must act because your responsibility holds you to it.