CIVIC DUTY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The responsibilities of a citizen

Synonyms:

civic duty; civic responsibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("civic duty" is a kind of...):

duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "civic duty"):

jury duty (the civic duty to serve on a jury)