DUTIFUL

dutiful, duteous

(adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; “a dutiful child”; “a dutiful citizen”; “Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

dutiful (comparative more dutiful, superlative most dutiful)

Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

Source: Wiktionary

Du"ti*ful, a.

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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition