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solemn duty

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meanings of solemnand duty


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solemn
adjective
uk /ˈsɒl.əm/ us /ˈsɑː.ləm/
serious and without ...
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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 solemn duty


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We have got a very solemnduty to perform.
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We have a solemnduty to perform today.
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That means that there is a solemnduty upon us.
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To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemnduty.
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We have a solemnduty to restore the confidence of the public in our prison service.
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Nevertheless, we have a solemnduty to find out what those views are.
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We put a solemnduty on the court, as we do in so many other ways.
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I have a solemnduty to represent my constituents on this subject.
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We shall be shown to have casually disregarded our solemnduty to legislate in accordance with obligations under the covenant.
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The heritage is ours, but we have a solemnduty to pass our treasures on to future generations.
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The attestation that that law can be borne or can at least be acquiesced in by our constituents is our very solemnduty.
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In my view, we have a solemnduty to protect those who cannot speak for themselves and to consider their interests when others manifestly will not.
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How can they contemplate such trivialisation of the solemnduty of ensuring quality in the arduous endeavour of educating the nation's children for the 21st century?
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It was the imperative and solemnduty of the profession to carefully and dispassionately examine the subject.
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It will be our solemnduty, after the war, to see that our shipping never again gets into the moribund state into which it got after the last war.
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Now it was our solemnduty, on withdrawing from the world, to consecrate our lives to religion, to practice every species of self-denial.
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