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devoir definition

de·voir (də vwär′, dev′wär′)

noun

  1. duty
  2. acts or expressions of due respect or courtesy, as in greeting

Etymology: ME < OFr, to owe < L debere, to owe: see debt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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