DUTIFUL

Du″ti‐ful (?), a. 1. 1. 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.
2. 2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
Syn. — Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. — Du″ti‐ful‐ly, adv. — Du″ti‐ful‐ness, n.