dutifulness

noun

Definition of dutifulnessnext
1
as in responsibility

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2
as in humility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dutifulness
  1. responsibility
  2. humility
  3. deference
  4. vigilance
  5. subservience
  6. effort
  7. meekness
  8. modesty
Noun
  • No one has responsibility for a comprehensive strategy to protect the nation from hostile drones.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Investing in clean water projects is not just a social or environmental responsibility, but a strategic investment in the long-term health of a business.
    Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of responsibility
Noun
  • In some instances, this approach will give heirs time to develop the patience, knowledge and humility to handle a sudden influx of cash responsibly.
    Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • President-elect Donald Trump is the polar opposite, lacking any of the qualities including the integrity, goodness and humility that Carter possessed.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of humility
Noun
  • Trump responded positively to this display of deference, but no meeting occurred.
    Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • As if in deference to the gravitas of her themes, Carlson is rarely acclaimed for her sense of humor.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of deference
Noun
  • Educate and Empower Employees: Internal vigilance can be a company’s first line of defense.
    HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • While the public health risk remains low, experts agree that vigilance, research and preventive measures are essential to mitigating the potential dangers of H5N1.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of vigilance
Noun
  • Virtually overnight, the new gender apartheid state rolled back laws and opportunities that had for decades already lifted Iranian women up from the subservience clerics demanded.
    Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • His is the first whose subservience to the prevailing darkness feels like a depressing surrender of identity.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of subservience
Noun
  • Los Angeles Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday blasted the city over a recent budget cut that has hampered the department’s ongoing firefighting efforts.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The changes are just the latest effort by Meta given that Trump and his allies have targeted the platform and Zuckerberg himself.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of effort
Noun
  • Most disconcerting is the meekness of Washington’s supposedly stalwart European allies.
    Raphael Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2014
  • But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Definition of meekness
Noun
  • Author John Neihardt described Crazy Horse in his book Black Elk Speaks as a person of great modesty and reserve but who was generous to the poor, elderly, and children.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Dylan arrives on the scene with the false modesty of predestination, touched by God but desperate for a place to sleep for the night.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of modesty
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