Duty and Proxy

Duty

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

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Proxy and duty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proxy" instead a noun "Duty".

Proxy noun - A person who acts or does business for another.

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Duty and proxy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duty" instead a noun "Proxy".

original	original duty	original proxy
true	true duty	true proxy
main	main duty	main proxy
secret	secret duty	secret proxy
Other adjectives: new, primary, double.

Lucifer bets that Dante will betray her, and he's right — while on duty, Dante accepts a prisoner's offer to have sex with her in exchange for calling off the guards that were mercilessly beating one of her fellow inmates, unknowingly costing Beatrice the bet and, by proxy, her soul.

Source: Deal With The Devil / Western Animation
Ergo Proxy fits this: Vincent/Ergo Proxy chooses Re-l over Monad, and they both escape from Romdeau unscathed, but they're separated and it's unclear what Re-l thinks of his new self-appointed duty to kill off the human founders of Romdeau.

Source: Maybe Ever After

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Proxy and Duty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/duty/proxy

Duty & Proxy. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/duty/proxy>.

Proxy or Duty. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/duty/proxy.

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