sacred duty
Solemn moral charge
A sacred duty is an obligation felt to be morally binding or spiritually commanded—something that must be done regardless of personal cost or convenience.
The phrase elevates ordinary responsibility to moral imperative: He considered voting a sacred duty.
Often used for obligations to family, country, or the dead: the sacred duty to honor fallen soldiers.
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- holy groundPlace of spiritual significance
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- sworn oathFormal binding promise
leadership · justice · stewardship · prayer · cosmic order · divine mandate · accountability · righteousness · moral obligation · calling · rites · last rites · covenant · tithing · integrity · service · commitment · mission
- duty
- ancient obligationsoath, vow, fealty, tribute, tithe
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- religious ethicsChristian ethics, divine command, moral law, divine law, love thy neighbor
- Dharmadharma, righteousness, moral law, cosmic order, moral order
- karma yogaselfless service, non-attachment
sacred dutywhim
Sudden arbitrary desire
personal choice · caprice · hobby · pastime · guilty pleasure
sacred dutysin
Violation of divine law
transgression · disgrace · abomination · betrayal · dereliction of duty
sacred dutysacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
blasphemy · desecration · mortal sin · cardinal sin · forbidden act