Job
Job noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.
Usage example: your job on this committee is to review the curriculum and suggest changes
Obligation is a synonym for job in task topic. In some cases you can use "Obligation" instead a noun "Job".
Nearby Word: jobless
Mutual synonyms
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Omniscient Morality License: The Medicine Man even says that his job is just to defeat the mononoke, and he has no obligation to save the people involved.
Source: Anime / Mononoke -
In Real Life, police do have (in theory) an obligation to investigate any criminal complaint made, and in-story, Bugs does do a good job setting up some of his plots.
Source: Literature / Encyclopedia Brown - Although it remains to be seen whether that's a moral obligation or if they're just doing their job.
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