Associations to the word «Devoir»

Wiktionary

DEVOIR, noun. (archaic) Duty, business; something that one must do.

Dictionary definition

DEVOIR, noun. Formal expression of respect.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope