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shirk one's duty — {v. phr.} To be negligent or irresponsible. * /If you continue to shirk your duty, you can expect to be fired./ … Dictionary of American idioms
shirk one's duty — {v. phr.} To be negligent or irresponsible. * /If you continue to shirk your duty, you can expect to be fired./ … Dictionary of American idioms
To pay one's duty — Pay Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
repudiation of one's duty — index delinquency (failure of duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
discharge one's duty — index serve (assist) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disregard one's duty — index default Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
neglect one's duty — index default Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
shirk one's duty — index default Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
duty — /dooh tee, dyooh /, n., pl. duties. 1. something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation. 2. the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation. 3. an action or… … Universalium
Duty — • The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: something that is due , obligatory service ; something that one is bound to perform or to avoid Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Duty Duty … Catholic encyclopedia
