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Adjective: duteous  d(y)oo-tee-us
  1. Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
    "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";
    - dutiful

See also: obedient

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Dutch oven
Dutch people
Dutch treat
Dutch uncle
Dutch-elm beetle
Dutchman
Dutchman's breeches
Dutchman's-pipe
Dutch-processed cocoa
Dutchwoman
duteous
dutiable
dutiful
dutifully
dutifulness
duty
duty assignment
duty period
duty tour
duty-bound
duty-free