sense of duty

Noun

Meaning

a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

conscience categorical imperative sense of shame

Hypernyms

conscience scruples moral sense sense of right and wrong

Examples

Adult self restraint and a sense of duty to something higher than oneself seems to be absent in most western countries. Source: Internet

Also, Bang, like Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, had never seen a woman before and felt a keen sense of duty, as an apprenticed pirate, until the passage of his twenty-first birthday freed him from his articles of indenture. Source: Internet

Frederic announces that, although it pains him, so strong is his sense of duty that, once free from his apprenticeship, he will be forced to devote himself to the pirates' extermination. Source: Internet

Individuals and society in general were expected to show self-restraint, devotion to community, deference to the social hierarchy and a sense of duty to the country. Source: Internet

Except for Titus and Bérénice, they are blinded by it to all sense of duty. Source: Internet

His biographer Nicholas V. Riasanovsky says that Nicholas displayed determination, singleness of purpose, and an iron will, along with a powerful sense of duty and a dedication to very hard work. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sense of bearings sense of craft sense of direction sense of equilibrium sense of exile sense of fun