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   devoir

   /dəˈvwɑː/

   noun

   • 1. a person's duty: archaic "you have done your devoir right well"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French deveir, from Latin debere ‘owe’. The spelling, and subsequently the pronunciation, was changed under the influence of modern French devoir.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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