word of honor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of word of honor
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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It's a chronicle of disappointment and loneliness, but also one of, in Elliott's word, of honor.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2024
Some, after giving their word of honor that they would return to Buta, were permitted brief visits to government-held towns.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his word of honor, Sir Berkeley declared that, despite German denials, bombs containing the bacilli of bubonic plague were unquestionably dropped upon troops of the British Fifth Army in 1916.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Hitler broke his word of honor as a gentleman and occupied the rest of Czecho-Slovakia, Chamberlain determined that Britain must rearm.
From Time Magazine Archive
The English tell John Mitchel he’s free to come and go as he pleases all over Van Diemen’s land if he gives his word of honor as a gentleman he won’t try to escape.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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