debt of honor
(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.
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(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.
"I owe this money to Sheridan; it is a debt of honor; if an accident should happen to me, he has nothing to show."
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(uncountable) of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).