Duty
Duty noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.
Usage example: I must obey the call of duty and serve my country
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Motherhood, the gospel according to Skinner stated, was a God-given duty, and payment in its own right.
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Crazy-Prepared: The Swedish "Indelningsverket" (allotment system), a type of system where the soldiers were on year-round duty and living on allotted pieces of land where they would farm the earth and take payment from the village in which they resided.
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