- (a.) Performing or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
- (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "dutiful" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/dutiful/definitions/2001114> |