point of honour

noun

1. a circumstance, event, etc, that involves the defence of one's principles, social honour, etc

Example Sentences

Corbyn and his allies made it a point of honour to ignore not just the mainstream media but also the opinion polls.

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I made it a point of honour to salute them, make a small bow, and turn on my heel.

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And yet Chechnya's repressive leader Ramzan Kadyrov insists it's a point of honour to bring back all children of the fatherland.

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I then made it a point of honour to have written something for each of the magazines I’d listed to get that first job, so that I hadn’t actually lied, I’d just been chronologically challenged ...

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Despite being in solitary confinement behind the high walls and barbed wire of the Florence SuperMax prison high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Palmera has become a point of honour for the Farc in the negotiations.

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