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CIVIC DUTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The responsibilities of a citizen
Synonyms:
civic duty; civic responsibility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("civic duty" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "civic duty"):
jury duty (the civic duty to serve on a jury)