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duty-bound

a. (alternative spelling of dutybound English)

WordNet
duty-bound

adj. under a moral obligation to do something [syn: duty-bound(p), obliged(p)]

Usage examples of "duty-bound".

The archons will be duty-bound to investigate, and while they carry out their ponderous workings, we shall be reasonably safe.

This left Civil duty-bound to escort his slighted mother as they followed their esteemed guest and his prey into the dining hall.