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DUTIFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Piety by virtue of devotion to duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dutifulness" is a kind of...):
piety; piousness (righteousness by virtue of being pious)
Derivation:
dutiful (willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect)