dutiful
adj.
obedient, conscientious, submissive, compliant, duteous
dutiful
Adjective
1. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";
(synonym) duteous
(similar) obedient
Dutiful
(a.)
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.
(a.)
Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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duteous
adj.
1. faithful
وفادار, نمک حلال
2. obedient
آ گيا کاري, فرماں بردار, مطيع, تابع دار, خدمت گزار
3. filial
سپوت, نيک بخت, سعادت مند, خلف
a dutiful servant
حکمي بندہ, بال باندھا غلام
dutiful
Synonyms and related words:
Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, accommodating, acquiescent, active, adoring, attentive, believing, cap in hand, ceremonious, compliant, complying, conforming, conscientious, considerate, constant, courteous, cultish, cultist, cultistic, deferential, devoted, devout, diligent, duteous, ethical, faithful, filial, flexible, honorific, law-abiding, loyal, malleable, meticulous, mindful, moral, obedient, obliging, observant, pietistic, pious, pliant, polite, practicing, prayerful, punctilious, punctual, regardful, reliable, religious, respectful, responsible, reverent, reverential, scrupulous, solemn, submissive, theistic, TRUE, venerational, venerative, willing, worshipful, yielding
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.