Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun filial_duty
1 sense of filial duty
Sense 1
filial duty -- (duty of a child to its parents)
=> duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)