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debt of honour

debt of honour is the alternative form of debt of honor.

Meaning of debt of honor

Noun

debt of honor (plural debts of honor)

  1. (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.
    • [T]his whole sum, and its amount doubled, was lost at the gaming-table. In his desire to repair his first losses, my father risked double stakes, and thus incurred a debt of honour he was wholly unable to pay.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

Forms of debt of honour

pluraldebts of honour

Questions about debt of honour

What is debt of honour the alternative form of?
Debt of honour is the alternative form of debt of honor.

Words near debt of honour in the dictionary

  1. debt enforcement
  2. debt instrument
  3. debt instruments
  4. debt obligation
  5. debt of honor
  6. debt of honour
  7. debt of nature
  8. debt release
  9. debt releases
  10. debt relief
  11. debt slave

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