Application and Duty

Application

Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Duty and application are semantically related in used topic. In some cases you can use "Duty" instead a noun "Application".

Duty noun - A charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use.

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Application and duty are semantically related in used topic. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Duty".

good	good application	good duty
full	full application	full duty
particular	particular application	particular duty
usual	usual application	usual duty
Other adjectives: specific, actual, real, main, personal, new, major, possible, secondary, military, primary.

In a more humorous application, when used short-range this can even serve double-duty as a mirror.

Source: Seeing Through Another's Eyes
She mentioned during the application process that she had moral objections to administering certain types of birth control, even though doing so would have explicitly been part of her duty.

Source: Frivolous Lawsuit
Upon seeing a situation that can be resolved with application of overwhelming force (such as say, a terrorist attack involving something other than a suicide bomber), off duty soldiers that just so happened to be in the area have been known to intervene with lethal efficiency.

Source: Apathetic Citizens

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