"honour in the breach" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: honours in the breach [present, singular, third-person], honouring in the breach [participle, present], honoured in the breach [participle, past], honoured in the breach [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} honour in the breach (third-person singular simple present honours in the breach, present participle honouring in the breach, simple past and past participle honoured in the breach)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of honor in the breach. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: honor in the breach
    Sense id: en-honour_in_the_breach-en-verb-s7LhbrZP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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