CIVIC DUTY Synonyms

• an onerous or difficult concern

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

• weight down with a load

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• an impetuous rush toward someone or something

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

• the price charged for some article or service

• the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• a person committed to your care

• financial liabilities (such as a tax)

• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• request for payment of a debt

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• demand payment

• move quickly and violently

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

• file a formal charge against

• make an accusatory claim

• fill or load to capacity

• enter a certain amount as a charge

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

• give over to another for care or safekeeping

• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

• lie down on command, of hunting dogs

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• place a heraldic bearing on

• provide (a device) with something necessary

• direct into a position for use

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

• instruct or command with authority

• attribute responsibility to

• set or ask for a certain price

• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

• saturate

• the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

• a message that makes a pledge

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

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

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

• a government tax on imports or exports

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a meeting arranged in advance

• a mutual promise to marry

• the act of giving someone a job

• employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time

• contact by fitting together

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

• what something is used for

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

• a relation such that one thing is dependent on another

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

• perform as expected when applied

• serve a purpose, role, or function

• perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

• any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

• a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'

• a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

• an object worked on; a result produced by working

• the responsibility to do something

• the performance of a piece of work

• a damaging piece of work

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

• a crime (especially a robbery)

• profit privately from public office and official business

• arranged for contracted work to be done by others

• work occasionally

• invest at a risk

• an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

• an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• the organized work of a religious missionary

• a group of representatives or delegates

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

• the state of being obligated to do or pay something

• a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor

• a written promise to repay a debt

• a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

• required activity

• anything indispensable

• something that is required in advance

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

• the proper sphere or extent of your activities

• a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• what something is used for

• normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting

• work done by one person or group that benefits another

• Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

• an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance

• the act of public worship following prescribed rules

• a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

• employment in or work for another

• a force that is a branch of the armed forces

• a means of serving

• tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

• the act of mating by male animals

• (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

• (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

• the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

• periodic maintenance on a car or machine

• the performance of duties by a waiter or servant

• be used by; as of a utility

• make fit for use

• mate with

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

• assign a task to

• use to the limit

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

• the trade of a funeral director

• the responsibilities of a citizen