civic duty
Citizen's expected contribution
Civic duty refers to the responsibilities citizens have toward their community and government—voting, jury service, paying taxes, staying informed.
The phrase implies obligation rather than choice: these are things citizens ought to do to maintain a functioning society.
Serving on a jury is considered a civic duty.
Sometimes invoked to encourage participation: It's your civic duty to vote.
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- national anthemOfficial patriotic composition
- votingFormally registering a choice
- voteFormal choice expression
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
democracy · ballot · pledge · citizenship · good citizen · petitioning · draft card · civil service · accountability · suffrage · constitution · integrity · oath · public service · census · volunteering · solidarity · campaigning
- local pridehometown pride, regional pride, community roots, state pride, neighborhood pride
- voter turnoutvoter turnout, turnout, turnout rate, high turnout, low turnout
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- Classical AntiquityAncient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greeks, Romans, Roman Empire
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
civic dutyself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
selfishness · egoism · individualism · greed · narcissism
civic dutydereliction of duty
Willful failure at responsibilities
irresponsibility · shirking · personal freedom · leisure · license
civic dutypolitical apathy
Indifference to governance
disengagement · voter apathy · abstention · non-participation · indifference