dutiful

About 0.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

   Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.

2. adjective Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

Similar words

obedient duteous dedicated devoted dutifull obligable compliant erogatory acquiescent accountable

Often followed by

and son daughter wife to child subjects children obedience

Word family

dutifully dutifulness dutifulnesses