a bounden duty

Related to a bounden duty: abandon

bounden duty

old-fashioned Some duty or task one feels obligated to perform or undertake. She considered it her bounden duty to expose the corruption in her company. The president said in his address that the country has a bounden duty to help other nations in need.
See also: bounden, duty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a bounden duty

a responsibility regarded by yourself or others as obligatory.
Bounden as the past participle of bind is now archaic in all contexts and is seldom found except in this phrase.
See also: bounden, duty
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • bounden
  • bounden duty
  • duty
  • be duty bound
  • be/feel duty/honour bound to do something
  • report for duty
  • duty bound, to be
  • duty bound
  • duty bound to (someone or something)
  • dereliction of duty