dutiful

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Adjective dutiful has 1 sense

dutiful, duteous - willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";
Antonym: disobedient (indirect, via obedient)

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Dutiful

Adjective

1. showing a sense of duty; obedient and respectful to authority.

Example Sentence: The dutiful son always followed his father's instructions without question.

2. acting in accordance with a sense of moral obligation or responsibility.

Example Sentence: She was dutiful in her role as a caregiver, always putting her patients' needs before her own.

Noun

No definitions found for the noun form of 'dutiful'.

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