Dutifulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dutiful \Du"ti*ful\, a.
     1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by
        one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or
        deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors;
        obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or
        daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.


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     2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty;
        respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
  
     Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive;
          docile; respectful; compliant. -- {Du"ti*ful*ly}, adv.
          -- {Du"ti*ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dutifulness
       n : piety by virtue of devotion to duty