Devoir and Postponement

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Devoir noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.

Usage example: patient confidentiality has long been an integral part of a physician's professional devoir

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Postponement is an antonym for devoir.

Postponement noun - Act of putting off to a future time.

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Devoir is an antonym for postponement.

Nearby Words: postpone, postponed, postponing

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Postponement and Devoir. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devoir/postponement

Devoir & Postponement. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/devoir/postponement>.

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