CIVIC DUTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does civic duty mean? 

• CIVIC DUTY (noun)
  The noun CIVIC DUTY has 1 sense:

1. the responsibilities of a citizen

  Familiarity information: CIVIC DUTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIVIC DUTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The responsibilities of a citizen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

civic duty; civic responsibility

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)