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单词 dueness
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duenessn.

Brit. /ˈdjuːnəs/, /ˈdʒuːnəs/, U.S. /ˈd(j)unəs/
Forms: see due adj. and adv. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: due adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < due adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or state of being due (in various senses).
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society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun]
debtc1330
officec1330
obliginga1382
dutyc1385
bondc1449
due?a1475
bounden duty1530
dueness1576
behoof1591
obligement1611
obligationa1616
ought1678
right1752
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun]
foȝa1250
mensea1525
properness1531
justice?1551
decentness1561
dueness1576
conveniency1583
fitness1597
propriety1612
fittingness1653
convenience1677
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety
righteousnessOE
duea1425
properness1531
decency1567
dueness1576
decorum1586
fitness1597
orthotes1605
propriety1612
befittingnessa1645
beseemlinessa1645
fittingness1653
becomeness1656
beseemingness1656
becomingness1657
condecency1662
competibleness1667
decence1678
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 160 For the duenesse of my desire I appeale to your curtesy for iudgment.
1595 L. Lewkenor Estate Eng. Fugitives sig. F2v They [sc. payments] are neuer granted but vpon pretence of good seruice don, or some duenes of desert.
1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 153 There is..a Parochicall or particular duenesse of Tithes.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 175 The promise determineth of the dueness of the reward. The threatening determineth of the dueness of the Penalty.
1733 C. Mayne Ess. conc. Rational Notions v. 47 A moral dueness, called duty, which signifies the obligation of doing or performing what reason requires from one rational being towards another.
1784 W. Ashdowne Key Script. Char. Jesus Christ 58 Can any imagine that the actual existence of his creature nature could impair the dueness of this privilege?
1845 D. Dewar Church Pref. p. vi The inexpressible pleasure of this consociation in worship, perpetually tendered with so absolute a plenitude of satisfaction in the dueness of it!
1873 S. S. Hennell Present Relig. II. i. vi. 424 The Soul flashes in, and flashes out of us, with the dueness of sun-rising and sun-setting!
1916 E. A. Sonnenschein New Eng. Gram. iii. 78 The root-meaning of the verb ‘shall’ is dueness or obligation.
1961 Calif. Law Rev. 49 215 Recently we were told that the dueness of government procedure is not tested by ‘doctrinaire conception’.
1996 Dante Stud. No. 114. 147 An actual document..by which Satan could claim his debt and prove its dueness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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