sense of duty

collocation in English

meanings of senseand duty

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sense
noun
uk /sens/ us /sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈdʒuː.ti/ us /ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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Examples of sense of duty

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The traditional senseofduty and obligation of the younger generation towards their older generation is being eroded.
Instead, the first six presidents often spoke about their own venerable character or senseofduty that served as a qualification for public office.
The senseofduty common among individuals who score highly in conscientiousness should manifest itself in some forms of political behaviour.
Whether due to hubris or a senseofduty, clinicians would like to use (or, at least, claim to use) this factor over the others.
And the government might be giving in not from fear but from a senseofduty to care for its citizens.
This senseofduty and responsibility therefore had to be reinvented in order to secure the cohesion of society.
She compiled her hymnal and wrote other devotional treatises out of a senseofduty to teach her faith to children and other ordinary people.
Symptoms of depression were more common in carers motivated by a senseofduty alone.
Both were motivated by commitment and a senseofduty, and derived similar positive returns from sustaining the marital relationship.
A senseofduty might influence some forms of participation, and thus effects for conscientiousness are predicted.
Caring was shaped by the senseofduty and gave an important sense of purpose.
Where the demands subsequently increase and become ' unreasonable ', they may find it difficult to withdraw because they feel they have built up a senseofduty or commitment.
Charles's senseofduty and conscience were - to a degree greater than we have appreciated - formed and shaped by it.
The most important thing was to assimilate as many foreigners as possible, and instill in them a love of country and senseofduty, military or otherwise.
It had a strong positive loading on 'senseofduty to society', and weaker positive loadings on ' professional development' and ' meeting the needs of older people'.
A senseofduty also has an impact on whether citizens make use of their opportunities, but its effects are considerably more modest than are the effects of norms.
I do not say that the senseofduty will be removed.
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He has an unbounded senseofduty and a great respect for tradition.
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