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Dutiful

Dutiful Meaning & Definition
Dutiful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dutiful?

[adj] willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dutiful: duteous | obedient

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dutiful: accommodating | acquiescent | active | adoring | attentive | believing | cap in hand | ceremonious | Christian | Christianlike | Christianly | compliant | complying | conforming | conscientious | considerate | constant | courteous | cultish | cultist | cultistic | deferential | devoted | devout | diligent | duteous | ethical | faithful | filial | flexible | honorific | law-abiding | loyal | malleable | meticulous | mindful | moral | obedient | obliging | observant | pietistic | pious | pliant | polite | practicing | prayerful | punctilious | punctual | regardful | reliable | religious | respectful | responsible | reverent | reverential | scrupulous | solemn | submissive | theistic | true | venerational | venerative | willing | worshipful | yielding

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Dutiful In Webster's Dictionary

\Du"ti*ful\, a. 1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject. 2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection. Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. -- {Du"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Du"ti*ful*ness}, n.

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