FILIAL DUTY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Duty of a child to its parents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("filial 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 "filial duty"):

obedience; respect (behavior intended to please your parents)

Credits