debt of honour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the pledge would settle a "debt of honour" to women born in the 1950s.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2019
"We have a historical debt of honour to them and when we go into government we are going to fulfil that debt," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2019
Lib Dem peer Lord Ashdown has said the UK has a "debt of honour" to the 450 interpreters who have worked alongside British troops since 2001.
From BBC ● May 1, 2013
Walpole would have waived aside the debt of honour.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
It was a debt of honour, in the fullest sense.
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
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