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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deontic /dɪˈɒntɪk/

▶adjective Philosophy relating to duty and obligation as ethical concepts.

– origin C19: (as n. deontics) from Gk deont- ‘being right’ (from dei ‘it is right’) + -ic.

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Deontic modality
Neither sense of must -- deontic or epistemic -- works in this context
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