dueness

noun

Roget 924: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright.    immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right.    sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant etc. (permission) 760; constitution etc. (law) 963; tenure; bond etc. (security) 771.    claimant, appellant; plaintiff etc. 938.    ... show more

Roget 926: duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness^†, liability, onus, responsibility; bounden duty, imperative duty; call, call of duty; accountability.    allegiance, fealty, tie engagement etc. (promise) 768; part; function, calling etc. (business) 625.    morality, morals, decalogue; case of conscience; conscientiousness etc. (probity) 939; conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego; the hell within [Paradise Lost]. dueness etc. 924; propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, to prepon; the thing, the proper thing; the right thing to do, the proper thing to do.    [Science of morals] ethics, ethology.   ; deontology^†, aretology^†; moral philosophy, ethical philosophy; casuistry, polity.    observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good behavior.    ... show more

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