Home › Words › D › duenessduenessdueness means quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming.EtymologyFrom due + -ness.nounQuality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming.e.g.“On God's part , I would call it a dueness, remembering how Paul prohibits the word "recompence" as any way challengeable by any or all the creatures” — a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, Of the Creatures, and the Condition of their State by Creation:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.due 73% match — Owed or owing. vs dueness →undueness 68% match — The quality of being undue. vs dueness →duteousness 67% match — The quality of being duteous. vs dueness →duly 67% match — In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly. vs dueness →dutiability 66% match — The quality of being dutiable. vs dueness →deservedness 63% match — The state or quality of being deserved. vs dueness →dutifulness 62% match — The state of being dutiful. vs dueness →underdue 61% match — Not having reached the deadline yet, especially something that is owing but not yet due. vs dueness →