Commitment vs. Duty

Commitmentnoun

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Commitmentnoun

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

Commitmentnoun

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

Commitmentnoun

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Commitmentnoun

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Commitmentnoun

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

Commitmentnoun

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Commitmentnoun

Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.

Commitmentnoun

State of being pledged or engaged.

Commitmentnoun

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Commitmentnoun

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

Commitmentnoun

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

Commitmentnoun

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

Commitmentnoun

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

Commitmentnoun

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Commitmentnoun

the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

Commitmentnoun

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

Commitmentnoun

an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

Commitmentnoun

a message that makes a pledge

Commitmentnoun

the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Commitmentnoun

the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Commitmentnoun

a pledge or undertaking

Commitmentnoun

an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action

Dutynoun

That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

Dutynoun

A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.

Dutynoun

Describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.

Dutynoun

A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

Dutynoun

(obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.

Dutynoun

(obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

Dutynoun

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

Dutynoun

That which is due; payment.

Dutynoun

That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

Dutynoun

Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

Dutynoun

Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

Dutynoun

Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

Dutynoun

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

Dutynoun

Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.

Dutynoun

work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons;

Dutynoun

the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;

Dutynoun

a government tax on imports or exports;

Duty

A duty (from meaning Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence ) is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise. A duty may arise from a system of ethics or morality, especially in an honor culture.