civic duty

Noun

Meaning

the responsibilities of a citizen

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

civicism civic responsibility

Hypernyms

responsibility duty obligation

Hyponyms

jury duty

Examples

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty. Norman Douglas

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does. Tom G. Palmer

Our youth are, on a daily basis, pushing the envelope in their quest for self-empowerment... My call for civic duty is embedded in my profound desire to ensure that the old [victim] psyche be forever abandoned and replaced by a new sense of national pride in self-determination and rule. Reza Pahlavi

I did my civic duty. Haha I'm driving a Civic! Whoa! Patrick Stump

I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values, our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space. David Blunkett

I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation. Paul Cook

Close letter words and terms

civic consciousness civic crown civic disobedience civic duty tax civic education civic engagement group