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devoir

Devoir (noun) means Duty, business; something that one must do.

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Duty, business; something that one must do.
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Etymology

From Middle English devoir, borrowed from Middle French devoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe; ought, must”).

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"devoir" (noun) means duty, business; something that one must do.

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