due
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1. due - Noun
2. due - Adjective
3. due - Verb
4. due - Adverb
6. due - Adjective Satellite
7. Due - Proper noun
Meaning
Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.
Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.
To endue.
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A Christian should avoid unhealthy religiosity: both the feeling of superiority due to virtue, and the feeling of inferiority due to sinfulness.
In various misfortunes, say: 'Lord, I believe that I endure what is due and receive what I deserve. But You, Lord, in Your mercy, forgive and have mercy on me,' - and repeat this until you feel peace in your soul.
Today, the world most urgently needs good priests and confessors, because due to their absence, churches are empty, while psychiatric hospitals, prisons, and clinics are full.
Give credit where credit is due.
Give the devil his due.
Give every man his due.