bounden

• Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'verpflichtend' oder 'durch Pflicht geboten'; heute fast ausschließlich in der festen Wendung 'bounden duty' (heilige Pflicht) verwendet.

An archaic adjective meaning 'obligatory' or 'required by duty', now used almost exclusively in the fixed phrase 'bounden duty'.

1. Morally obligatoryC2formalbritish

   Describes a duty or responsibility that is morally binding or required.

   Moralisch verpflichtend

   • It is our bounden duty to help those in need.
   • He considered it his bounden obligation to protect his family.
   • The knight felt a bounden responsibility to serve his king.

   Synonymebindingcompulsoryimperativeincumbentmandatorymoralobligatoryrequired