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Dutiful vs Dutiless - What's the difference?

dutiful | dutiless |

As adjectives the difference between dutiful and dutiless

is that dutiful is accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint while dutiless is without duties.

dutiful

English

Alternative forms

* dutifull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
    • Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
  • Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
    • The sergeant maintained a dutiful shine on his boots.

    dutiless

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dutyless

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without duties.
  • * 1882 , Sabine Baring-Gould, Germany, present and past
    • Ab initio , in Roman right, man was dutiless towards his fellows...