dutifulness

2 definitions found

dutifulness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dutiful \Du"ti*ful\, a.
     1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by
        one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or
        deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors;
        obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or
        daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty;
        respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
  
     Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive;
          docile; respectful; compliant. -- Du"ti*ful*ly, adv.
          -- Du"ti*ful*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

dutifulness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dutifulness
      n 1: piety by virtue of devotion to duty