Antonyms for duty
ˈdu ti, ˈdyu-du·ty

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1. dutynoun

   Antonyms:
   duty-free

2. dutynoun

   That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

   Antonyms:
   duty-free, right

   Synonyms:
   obligation

3. dutynoun

   I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.

   Antonyms:
   right, duty-free

4. dutynoun

   Antonyms:
   duty-free, right

5. dutynoun

   Antonyms:
   duty-free, right

6. dutynoun

   Antonyms:
   duty-free, right

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. duty

   Etymologically, duty is that which is owed or due; obligation, that to or by which one is bound; right, that which is correct, straight, or in the direct line of truth and goodness; responsibility, that for which one must answer. Duty and responsibility are thought of as to some person or persons; right is impersonal. One's duty may be to others or to himself; his obligations and responsibilities are to others. Duty arises from the nature of things; obligation and responsibility may be created by circumstances, as by one's own promise, or by the acceptance of a trust, etc. We speak of a parent's duty, a debtor's obligation; or of a child's duty of obedience, and a parent's responsibility for the child's welfare. Right is that which accords with the moral system of the universe. Righteousness is right incarnated in action. In a more limited sense, right may be used of what one may rightly claim, and so be the converse of duty. It is the creditor's right to demand payment, and the debtor's duty to pay. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   accountability, business, function, obligation, office, responsibility, right, righteousness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. duty

   Antonyms:
   freedom, exemption, immunity, license, dispensation, desertion, dereliction

   Synonyms:
   obligation, part, business, responsibility, allegiance, function, once, province, calling, trust, commission, service

Matched Categories

1. • Indirect Tax
   • Work

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. duty, responsibility, obligationnoun

   the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

   "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr

   Synonyms:
   obligation, debt instrument, responsibleness, responsibility, province, indebtedness, tariff, certificate of indebtedness

2. dutynoun

   work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons

   "the duties of the job"

   Synonyms:
   responsibility, obligation, tariff

3. duty, tariffnoun

   a government tax on imports or exports

   "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"

   Synonyms:
   responsibility, obligation, tariff

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1. dutynoun

   Synonyms:
   responsibility, incumbency, accountability, service, business, work, function, office, tax, impost, toll, excise, custom

   Associated words:
   ethics, deontology, casuistry, ethology, morals, ethicist, ethically, supererogate, supererogation

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. optional

   optional is a good antonym because duty means something that u have to do but optional means you don't have to do it and you have a choice to choose not to do it or do it.

   the lift sheet is optional, you can whether choose to do it or not.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  

How to use duty in a sentence?

1. Mike Pompeo:

   The first and highest obligation of our government is to protect its citizens and this administration will carry out that duty.

2. Prime Minister May:

   We have listened to campaigners and parents, and are putting a legal duty of care on internet companies to keep people safe.

3. Sir Thomas More, Utopia, Book 1:

   It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.”

4. Wilbur Ross:

   I determined that the importance of that goal outweighed any potential decrease in self-response rates that may result from people violating their legal duty to respond to the decennial census.

5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   How can you come to know yourself Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.

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