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Synonyms for duty
Synonyms for duty: responsibility and tariff. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for duty
Interchangeable with duty in this sense
Audited under duty's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one duty carries in that sense.
- responsibilitynoun, in the sense "the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name duty as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- tarifftariff is a noun in the sense "a tax imposed on goods imported or exported"
one of these comes from duty's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
We must instill a sense of duty in our children.
The true synonym
responsibility
Same sentence, swapped: We must instill a sense of responsibility in our children.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot duty is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- tariff
- government
- punishment
Where duty turns up in the game
duty is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where duty is the trap
- governmentnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is administration, in the sense "the act of governing", so duty is there to be ruled out.
- targetnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is prey, in the sense "a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence", with duty sitting one tile away.
Play duty
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so duty reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company duty keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. duty carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.