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honor-bound

[ on-er-bound ]
/ ˈɒn ərˈbaʊnd /

adjective

bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.

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RELATED WORDS

appreciative, obliged, thankful, beholden, grateful, obligated, duty-bound, accountable, bound, chargeable, hooked, liable, owing, responsible, bounden, owed

Nearby words

  1. honor point,
  2. honor roll,
  3. honor society,
  4. honor system,
  5. honor trick,
  6. honora,
  7. honorable,
  8. honorable discharge,
  9. honorable mention,
  10. honorable ordinary
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Idioms and Phrases with honor bound

honor bound

Obliged by one's personal integrity, as in She was honor bound to admit that it was her work and not her sister's. Also see on one's honor.

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