Dutiful: Performing the duties expected or required of one (adjective)
When reading ” If Black Men Want to heal Racism’s Wounds, We Can’t Pretend to be Strong All the time” by Mychal Denezel Smith, I came across the word Dutiful, and the first word that popped into my head was duty but for some reason I thought duty and dutiful were two different words, so that why I chose it. The author of this passage used this word when referring to his father. He was discussing how his father was the true meaning of masculinity because he was dutiful, which I learned that he fulfilled his duties as a father, and a man. Smiths father would always provide and discipline him. Dutiful was just a plural word for duty. This word can be found at dictionary.com for those who need a clearer definition of dutiful.
-Nayideh Rene
