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-ee
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Allottee
noun · 78% connection
One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Archdeacon
noun · 78% connection
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with indepe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Audita querela
unknown · 78% connection
A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Average
noun · 78% connection
That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Character
noun · 78% connection
Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Childlike
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Chivalry
noun · 78% connection
A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Commissary
noun · 78% connection
One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Daughterliness
noun · 78% connection
The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Default
verb · 78% connection
To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Deserter
noun · 78% connection
One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who aband…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Desertion
noun · 78% connection
The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's du…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Devoir
noun · 78% connection
Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Discharge
verb · 78% connection
To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Donee
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Due
adjective · 78% connection
Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
Ethics
noun · 78% connection
The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fulfilling, duty, dutiful, sentiments, superior.
