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dutybound

dutybound adjective: compelled by duty.

Adjective

dutybound (comparative more dutybound, superlative most dutybound)

  1. Compelled by duty.
    • The captain was dutybound to see all passengers off the sinking ship before he left it himself.

Forms of dutybound

comparativemore dutybound
superlativemost dutybound
alternative formduty-bound
alternative formdutibound

Origin of dutybound

From duty + bound.

Questions about dutybound

What does dutybound mean?
Dutybound means compelled by duty.
What part of speech is dutybound?
Dutybound is an adjective.

Words near dutybound in the dictionary

  1. duty-bound
  2. duty-free
  3. duty-frees
  4. duty-man
  5. duty-men
  6. dutybound
  7. dutyfree
  8. dutyless
  9. dutylessness
  10. dutyman
  11. dutymen

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