devoir

noun

də-ˈvwär How to pronounce devoir (audio)
Definition of devoirnext
as in duty
something one must do because of prior agreement patient confidentiality has long been an integral part of a physician's professional devoir

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  1. duty
  2. obligation
  3. responsibility
  4. need
Noun
  • Voters arrived at the Brighton District Library after the polls opened at 7 a.m. to perform their civic duty and vote.
    Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The role cutting government spending is not expected to be a Cabinet level position, meaning Musk wouldn’t be required to step away from his CEO duties.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of duty
Noun
  • The company acknowledges its dependence on maintaining compatibility with customer IT infrastructures and managing global operations to meet future obligations.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • And yet, while NBC stations — which are the ones licensed by the FCC, rather than the network itself — had made good on their equal-time obligations to Trump within 24 hours, on Monday morning, Carr was on live with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo, threatening to pull the licenses of NBC stations.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of obligation
Noun
  • Decisions that all of us have to be able to take full responsibility for.
    Steve Megargee, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
  • On his touchdown: My only responsibility on that play was to get covered by the safety so Christian scored a touchdown.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of responsibility
Noun
  • For most of October, Sean Payton harped on his offense’s need to improve on third down.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Donald Trump at the Latino Summit in October in Doral, Fla.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images file Voters heard more about addressing those needs from Trump and Republicans, Martinez de Castro said.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of need
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“Devoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devoir. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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