Definitions: (1) performing the tasks expected or required; respectful; obedient; (2) proceeding from or expressive of a sense of obligation
Consequential Quality: loyalty
Quote: Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life. — Thomas Merton (1915-1968) American Trappist monk
Comment: An au pair can dutifully change a diaper. But a mother does the same job with love.
Symbol: the ox
Fictional Figure: Javert is the personification of duty and devotion. — Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Les Misérables {1862}