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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. formal expression of respect;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Devoir \De*voir"\, n. [F., fr. L. debere to owe. See Due.] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

devoir n 1: formal expression of respect
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

DEVOIR. Duty. It is used in the statute of 2 Ric. II., c. 3, in the sense of duties or customs.