Duty and Help

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

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Help is an antonym for duty in responsibility topic.

Help noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Duty is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

good	good duty	good help
legal	legal duty	legal help
divine	divine duty	divine help
actual	actual duty	actual help
Other adjectives: real, personal, secret, new, professional, major, possible, final, military, extra, last, magical.

In War of the Worlds and Lincoln a youngster wants to join the army, in both occasions because he wants to do his patriotic duty and help his country out.

Source: Creator / Steven Spielberg
Takes an injured Decepticon under his care, and argues with his superiors that it should their duty to help those who are suffering.

Source: All-Loving Hero
In the novel, Skeeter's narration explicitly says, "Because I'm white, I feel it's my duty to help them." There are multiple maids in addition to Minny who call her out on this attitude, however.

Source: Film / The Help

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