duty-bound

1. 1.

   under a moral obligation to do something

   Synonymsobliged

   Similarobligated

Questions about duty-bound

What does duty-bound mean?

duty-bound means "under a moral obligation to do something".

How many syllables are in duty-bound?

duty-bound has 3 syllables: du-ty--bound. The stress falls on "du".

What is another word for duty-bound?

Close synonyms include obliged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is duty-bound a common word?

duty-bound is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.