Duty

reverence du'-te,; respect. s. that which a person is bound, by any natural,moral, or legal obligation, to pay, do, or perform; forbearance of that which is forbidden by morality, law, justice, or propriety; obedience; submi ion; act of reverence or respect; tax, toll, impost, customs, or excise; anysum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods; any service or busine , especially of a soldier or marine. Military duties, redivided into regimental, orthoses which the several companies of a regiment perform among themselves; and brigade, those which one regiment does in common with another, collectively or by detachments.