"word of honor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: words of honor [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|words of honor}} word of honor (plural words of honor)
  1. A promise; a pledge of one's good faith, veracity, and reliability. Tags: US Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms: word of honour (english: British and Canadian) Related terms: take someone at their word, take someone's word for it, word is bond Translations (a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith): paraula d’honor [feminine] (Catalan), 榮譽的詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 荣誉的词 (róngyù de cí) (Chinese Mandarin), čestné slovo (Czech), æresord [neuter] (Danish), woord van eer [neuter] (Dutch), kunniasana (Finnish), parole d’honneur [feminine] (French), Wort der Ehre [neuter] (German), λόγος της τιμής (lógos tis timís) [feminine] (Greek), מילת כבוד (milat kavod) [feminine] (Hebrew), becsületszó (Hungarian), becsszó [informal] (Hungarian), drengskaparloforð (Icelandic), parola di honor [feminine] (Italian), parola d'onore [feminine] (Italian), 名誉の単語 (english: meiyo no tango) (Japanese), 명예의 낱말 (myeong'ye-ui nanmal) (Korean), verbum honoris [neuter] (Latin), æresord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), słowo honoru (Polish), palavra de honra [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕੌਲ (kaul) [masculine] (Punjabi), сло́во че́сти (slóvo čésti) [neuter] (Russian), че́стное сло́во (čéstnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), palabra del honor [feminine] (Spanish), palabra de honor [feminine] (Spanish), namus sözü (Turkish), şeref sözü (Turkish), llw [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-word_of_honor-en-noun-JJbf0QfH Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "tags": [
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "word": "parola d'onore"
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "roman": "myeong'ye-ui nanmal",
      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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      "sense": "a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith",
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