English Dictionary

debt of honor

名詞

アメリカ英語

(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.

日本語の意味

（名詞）口頭約束に基づく、法的な効力を持たないけれども、借り手の道徳的誠実性により守られている債務、特に賭博における負債

He refused to skip town until he had repaid his debt of honor to the poker players he had wronged.

彼は、ポーカー仲間に対する、口約束に基づく法的に強制されないが彼の名誉にかけた賭け金の債務を返済するまで、町を離れることを拒んだ。

意味（1）

(US, set phrase) An obligation, especially a gambling debt based on a verbal promise, which is not legally enforceable but which is considered to be secured by the debtor's moral integrity.

[T]his whole sum, and its amount doubled, was lost at the gaming-table. In his desire to repair his first losses, my father risked double stakes, and thus incurred a debt of honour he was wholly unable to pay.

debts of honor （ plural ）