'Dutiful' definitions:
Definition of 'dutiful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; [syn: dutiful, duteous]
Definition of 'Dutiful'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dutiful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodating,
- acquiescent,
- active,
- adoring,
- attentive,
- believing,
- cap in hand,
- ceremonious,
- Christian,
- Christianlike,
- Christianly,
- compliant,
- complying,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- considerate,
- constant,
- courteous,
- cultish,
- cultist,
- cultistic,
- deferential,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- duteous,
- ethical,
- faithful,
- filial,
- flexible,
- honorific,
- law-abiding,
- loyal,
- malleable,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- moral,
- obedient,
- obliging,
- observant,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- pliant,
- polite,
- practicing,
- prayerful,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- regardful,
- reliable,
- religious,
- respectful,
- responsible,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- scrupulous,
- solemn,
- submissive,
- theistic,
- true,
- venerational,
- venerative,
- willing,
- worshipful,
- yielding
Words containing 'Dutiful'
- Dutied,
- Duties,
- Dutifully,
- Dutifulness,
- Duty,
- On duty,
- off duty,
- Differential duties,
- Fatigue duty,
- Guard duty,
- Legacy duty,
- Mail and duties,
- Probate duty,
- Specific duty,
- Stamp duty,
- Succession duty,
- Transit duty,
- breach of duty,
- civic duty,
- countervailing duty,
- customs duty,
- death duty,
- duty assignment,
- duty period,
- duty tour,
- export duty,
- fiduciary duty,
- filial duty,
- import duty,
- jury duty,
- legal duty,
- line of duty,
- neglect of duty,
- point duty,
- sense of duty,
- sentry duty,
- shipboard duty,
- shore duty,
- tonnage duty,
- tour of duty,
- Ad valorem duty,
- To pay one's duty,
- duty-bound,
- duty-free,
- heavy-duty,
- light-duty,
- sea-duty,
- anti-dumping duty