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FILIAL DUTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Duty of a child to its parents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("filial 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 "filial duty"):
obedience; respect (behavior intended to please your parents)