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Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.

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  1. n. Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.
  2. n. formal expression of respect
  3. Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies. "Do now your devoid, young knights!" Chaucer.
  4. Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; --now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies."Do now your devoid, young knights!" Chaucer.
  5. n formal expression of respect