solemn duty

collocation in English

meaningsofsolemnandduty

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solemn
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒl.əm/us
/ˈsɑː.ləm/
serious and without ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofsolemnanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have got a verysolemndutyto perform.
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We have asolemndutyto perform today.
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That means that there is asolemndutyupon us.
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To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is oursolemnduty.
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We have asolemndutyto restore the confidence of the public in our prison service.
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Nevertheless, we have asolemndutyto find out what those views are.
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We put asolemndutyon the court, as we do in so many other ways.
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I have asolemndutyto represent my constituents on this subject.
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We shall be shown to have casually disregarded oursolemndutyto legislate in accordance with obligations under the covenant.
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The heritage is ours, but we have asolemndutyto pass our treasures on to future generations.
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The attestation that that law can be borne or can at least be acquiesced in by our constituents is our verysolemnduty.
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In my view, we have asolemndutyto protect those who cannot speak for themselves and to consider their interests when others manifestly will not.
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How can they contemplate such trivialisation of thesolemndutyof ensuring quality in the arduous endeavour of educating the nation's children for the 21st century?
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It was the imperative andsolemndutyof the profession to carefully and dispassionately examine the subject.
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It will be oursolemnduty, after the war, to see that our shipping never again gets into the moribund state into which it got after the last war.
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Now it was oursolemnduty, on withdrawing from the world, to consecrate our lives to religion, to practice every species of self-denial.
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