Dutifulness

  • 61willingness — Synonyms and related words: OK, a thing for, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, affinity, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreement, allegiance, approbation, approval, aptitude, aptness, assent, aye, bent, bias, blessing, brightness,… …

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  • 62worship — Synonyms and related words: Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, accord respect to, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, affection, agape, apotheosis, apotheosize, appreciate, appreciation, approbation, approval, ardency, ardor, attachment …

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  • 63pittance — see PITY * * *    The word was originally used for a donation made out of pity, as form of piety (the two words are related). Hence its ultimate origin in Latin pietas, dutifulness, pity …

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  • 64conscientiousness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scrupulousness, pains, exactitude, punctiliousness, dutifulness, faithfulness, mindfulness, steadfastness, veracity, uprightness, honor, meticulousness, incorruptibility; see also care 1 , duty 1 , honesty 1 , responsibility… …

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  • 65dutiful — adjective conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one s duty. ↘motivated by duty rather than enthusiasm: dutiful applause. Derivatives dutifully adverb dutifulness noun …

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  • 66pietas — [ pʌɪətα:s, pi: eɪtα:s] noun respect due to an ancestor, country, or institution. Origin L., lit. dutifulness …

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  • 67piety — [ pʌɪəti] noun (plural pieties) the quality of being pious or reverent. ↘a belief accepted with unthinking conventional reverence. Origin C16: from OFr. piete, from L. pietas dutifulness , from pius (see pious) …

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  • 68pietà — [pjeɪ tα:] noun a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ on her lap or in her arms. Origin Ital., from L. pietas dutifulness …

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  • 69obedience — n. 1. Compliance, submission. 2. Dutifulness, duty, reverence, respect …

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  • 70deference — noun his writings show excessive deference to the wealthy Syn: respect, respectfulness, dutifulness; submissiveness, submission, obedience, surrender, accession, capitulation, acquiescence, complaisance, obeisance See note at honor Ant …

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