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  • duty-bound
    duty-bound
    adjective
    morally obliged as a matter of duty
  • duty bound
    duty bound
    Obliged, as in You're duty bound to help your little brother. [c. 1900]
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duty-bound

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adjective

  1. morally obliged as a matter of duty

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duty bound Idioms  

  1. Obliged, as in You're duty bound to help your little brother. [c. 1900]

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