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DUTIFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dutifulness mean?
• DUTIFULNESS (noun)
The noun DUTIFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. piety by virtue of devotion to duty
Familiarity information: DUTIFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Piety by virtue of devotion to duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dutifulness" is a kind of...):
piety; piousness (righteousness by virtue of being pious)
Derivation:
dutiful (willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect)
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