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debts of honor

debts of honor is the plural 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

Questions about debts of honor

What is debts of honor the plural of?
Debts of honor is the plural of debt of honor.

Words near debts of honor in the dictionary

  1. debtors' prison
  2. debtorship
  3. debtour
  4. debtours
  5. debts
  6. debts of honor
  7. debts of honour
  8. debubblizer
  9. debubblizers
  10. debuccalisation
  11. debuccalisations

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