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duty

Summary

duty ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • duty is a type of principle[2].
  • duty is a type of responsibility[3].
  • duty's said to be the same as is recorded as obligation[4].
  • duty's said to be the same as is recorded as Q13196878[5].
  • duty is the opposite of rights[6].
  • duty's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • duty's described by source is recorded as Wex[8].
  • duty's described by source is recorded as Q141613474[9].
  • duty's used by is recorded as ethics[10].
  • duty's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include principle[2] and responsibility[3]. duty is the opposite of rights[6].

Use and Application

duty's used by is recorded as ethics[10].

Why It Matters

duty ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1] duty has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] duty is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

ethics professional secrecy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Wex, Q141613474
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q141613474]], Add source website and URL (via Wikidata Source Saver)"
  2. 3d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Wex, Q141613474
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q16939300]]"
  3. 21d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → duties, duty
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: duties, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932622|duties (#289932622)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  4. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C20146
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C20146, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  5. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5376
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 5376, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477828|DUTY (#167477828)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n'm"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Said to be the same as → obligation, Q13196878
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of → principle, responsibility
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11838, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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