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dutifulness

dutifulness

5.2
Carefully doing the duties you are expected to do
  • noun
  • /ˈdjuːtɪfəlnəs/
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  • Planterly "Munificence," he argued, would reinforce social bonds and strengthen slave owners' authority, predisposing slaves toward greater contentment, dutifulness, and respect.

Examples

  • Her dutifulness was evident as she always completed her tasks on time.

  • Their faces and figures revealed instead an enervating dutifulness, the presence of a generalized femininity that lacked any sign of individuality.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Slavic hospitality, and a tedious dutifulness and domesticity, are probably my most time-consuming vices.

    Blog text (3)

  • Mona, a ninth-grade humanities teacher, explained, "Our reading curriculum doesn't end around dutifulness or in the desire to please or the competitive ambitiousness."

    Academic text (2013)

  • Ernest began hearing stories he'd never heard before about the bravery of Rodolfo, his warm heart, green thumb, and intuition, about his ability to immediately learn anything, his passion, culinary expertise, and dutifulness.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • On the ship, the first mate, when the vampire suddenly arises before him, flees and falls overboard in utter disabling fear; the captain, by contrast, faces the vampire's approach with a resigned, baffled dutifulness.

    Academic text (1993)

  • He showed great dutifulness by taking care of his elderly parents every day.

  • The employee's dutifulness earned her a promotion for her consistent hard work.

Synonyms

dedication
vsdutifulness
117 3.9

Giving time and effort to a job, purpose, or person

focuses on meeting duties out of obligation rather than personal devotion
diligence
vsdutifulness
60 4.1

Careful, steady work that helps you reach a goal

is about fulfilling obligations conscientiously rather than effort alone
application
vsdutifulness
22 3.4

Hard, careful effort to do a task or learn something

focuses on meeting obligations and moral responsibility rather than effort alone
conscientiousness
vsdutifulness
3 7.6

Careful, responsible way of working that shows a person wants to do their work well

focuses more on obeying duties and meeting obligations
heedfulness
vsdutifulness
7.9

Being careful and paying attention to what you must do

emphasizes actually fulfilling responsibilities rather than just noticing them
assiduousness
vsdutifulness
8.7

Careful, steady work and attention to a task

focuses more on duty obligation than only persistent effort
sedulousness
vsdutifulness
  • Formal
9.9

Careful attention and steady effort that help someone do small things well

is aimed at carrying out obligations rather than only detail focus
sedulity
vsdutifulness
  • Formal
9.9

Careful, steady work and attention over a long time

focuses on doing required duties rather than just steady effort
scrupulousness
vsdutifulness
7.7

Careful attention to doing what is right and to small details

focuses on meeting duties rather than moral perfection or tiny details
punctiliousness
vsdutifulness
  • Formal
9.9

Careful attention to small details and correct behavior

concerns meeting obligations rather than strict rules or tiny formalities

Antonyms

irresponsibility
17 4.8

Failing to do required duties and causing problems for others

carelessness
16 2.8

Lack of attention that causes mistakes or accidents

How Dutiful

devotion
39 3.9
dutifulness
5.2
obedience
91 2.6

Surface Forms

dutifulness singular
dutifulnesses plural

Morphology

dutifulness = dutiful (transparent) = duty + ful + ness

Formed from the adjective 'dutiful' + '-ness'; the meaning 'quality of being dutiful' follows directly from the base.

Etymology

Dutifulness comes from duty, a word that originally meant what you 'owe' to someone, and the parts -ful and -ness make it 'the quality of being full of duty'. So, dutifulness means doing what you must and carefully meeting your responsibilities.