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duties to retreat

duties to retreat is the plural of duty to retreat.

Meaning of duty to retreat

Noun

duty to retreat (plural duties to retreat)

  1. A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.

Questions about duties to retreat

What is duties to retreat the plural of?
Duties to retreat is the plural of duty to retreat.

Words near duties to retreat in the dictionary

  1. dutied
  2. dutiefully
  3. duties
  4. duties of care
  5. duties of support
  6. duties to retreat
  7. dutiful
  8. dutifull
  9. dutifuller
  10. dutifullness
  11. dutifully

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