| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accountability | Responsibility for actions or results |
| 2. | active service | Full-time military service |
| 3. | administration | Responsible management of affairs |
| 4. | answerability | Obligation to explain or justify |
| 5. | appointment | An assigned position or role |
| 6. | assignment | Work given to someone |
| 7. | bailiwick | One’s area of responsibility |
| 8. | beat | A regular patrol assignment |
| 9. | brief | A specific assigned responsibility |
| 10. | burden | A difficult responsibility to bear |
| 11. | business | One’s proper responsibility |
| 12. | care | Responsibility for protection or oversight |
| 13. | charge | A responsibility entrusted to someone |
| 14. | chore | A routine required task |
| 15. | civic responsibility | Citizen’s obligation to society |
| 16. | commission | An entrusted task or authority |
| 17. | commitment | A promise or binding responsibility |
| 18. | conscription | Compulsory military service |
| 19. | custody | Responsibility for keeping or guarding |
| 20. | decree | An authoritative official order |
| 21. | demand | Something required by circumstances |
| 22. | detail | A specific assigned task |
| 23. | directive | An official instruction to act |
| 24. | domain | Area under one’s responsibility |
| 25. | due | Something owed or deserved |
| 26. | edict | An official command or decree |
| 27. | errand | A small assigned task |
| 28. | excise | Tax on specific goods |
| 29. | expectation | Something expected of someone |
| 30. | family obligation | Duty owed to family |
| 31. | function | A proper or expected purpose |
| 32. | guard | A protective watch or assignment |
| 33. | guardianship | Responsibility for another’s welfare |
| 34. | imperative | An urgent necessary duty |
| 35. | impost | A tax or compulsory charge |
| 36. | injunction | An authoritative order or command |
| 37. | instruction | A direction one must follow |
| 38. | job | A required task or role |
| 39. | jurisdiction | Official area of authority |
| 40. | jury service | Serving as a juror |
| 41. | labor | Work required or performed |
| 42. | law | A binding legal requirement |
| 43. | liability | Legal or financial responsibility |
| 44. | load | A share of responsibility |
| 45. | lookout | Responsibility to watch or notice |
| 46. | lot | Assigned share or burden |
| 47. | management | Responsibility for running something |
| 48. | mandate | An official authorization or requirement |
| 49. | military service | Service in the armed forces |
| 50. | mission | An important assigned purpose |
| 51. | moral imperative | A necessary ethical duty |
| 52. | moral obligation | A duty based on ethics |
| 53. | must | Something that is required |
| 54. | national service | Required service to the nation |
| 55. | necessity | Something required or unavoidable |
| 56. | need | A necessary obligation or requirement |
| 57. | obligation | Something one is bound to do |
| 58. | obligatory task | A task one must do |
| 59. | office | A position with responsibilities |
| 60. | onus | A burden of responsibility |
| 61. | order | An instruction requiring action |
| 62. | oversight | Responsible supervision or management |
| 63. | patrol | A guarding or inspection assignment |
| 64. | portfolio | Set of official responsibilities |
| 65. | post | An assigned place of duty |
| 66. | posting | Assignment to a duty station |
| 67. | precept | A rule guiding conduct |
| 68. | public service | Work serving the public |
| 69. | quota | Required share to provide |
| 70. | remit | Area of assigned responsibility |
| 71. | required task | A task that must be done |
| 72. | requirement | Something that must be done |
| 73. | responsibility | Something one must answer for |
| 74. | role | A function one is expected to perform |
| 75. | round | A regular inspection or patrol |
| 76. | rule | A requirement governing conduct |
| 77. | service | Work performed as an obligation |
| 78. | shift | A scheduled period of work |
| 79. | social obligation | Duty owed to society |
| 80. | station | An assigned post or position |
| 81. | stewardship | Responsible care of something entrusted |
| 82. | stint | A period of assigned work |
| 83. | supervision | Responsibility for directing or watching |
| 84. | tariff | Tax on imported goods |
| 85. | task | A piece of required work |
| 86. | tax | Government charge on goods or income |
| 87. | tour | A period of assigned service |
| 88. | tribute | A tax or payment owed. |
| 89. | trust | A responsibility placed in someone |
| 90. | undertaking | A task or commitment accepted |
| 91. | upkeep | Responsibility for maintaining something. |
| 92. | vigil | A period of watchful duty. |
| 93. | wardship | Responsibility for a ward’s care. |
| 94. | warranty | A legal promise or obligation. |
| 95. | watch | A period of guard duty |
| 96. | watchkeeping | The duty of keeping watch. |
| 97. | weight | A heavy burden or obligation. |
| 98. | work | Tasks one must perform |
| 99. | yoke | A burdensome obligation or restraint. |
| 100. | zakat | A required Islamic charitable duty. |
