Duty and Release

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

Usage example: I must obey the call of duty and serve my country

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Release is an antonym for duty.

Release noun - A freeing from an obligation or responsibility.

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Duty is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

full	full duty	full release
specific	specific duty	specific release
public	public duty	public release
regular	regular duty	regular release
Other adjectives: original, legal, actual, main, new, major, possible, final, official, last, scheduled.

Note however that this can apply to you too, if the player happens to be an evil bastard and you decide to release him from your duty.

Source: My Master, Right or Wrong
A man takes a woman prisoner because he believes it is his spiritual duty to heal her of her sinful ways and refuses to release her until he does so.

Source: The Kindnapper
After the release of Battleship, Slate ran an article positing whether or not it would be possible to return the Iowa-class battleships to active duty now that they're museum ships.

Source: Break Out the Museum Piece

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