"on one's honor" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on one's honor
  1. (US) used to emphasize that one is behaving or going to behave in a trustworthy manner. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-on_one's_honor-en-prep_phrase-~h1CbtBV Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. (dated) expected to do what one has promised, expected to uphold one's promise. Tags: dated Synonyms: upon one's honor, on one's honour [UK]
    Sense id: en-on_one's_honor-en-prep_phrase-AsO7wHge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

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