be on your honour
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› If you are on your honour to do something, you are being trusted to do something that you have promised.Making and breaking promises and commitments
(Definition of be on your honour from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- broken adjective (NOT KEPT)
- commit verb (PROMISE)
- cross my heart (and hope to die) idiom
- deliver verb (PRODUCE)
- fink out phrasal verb
- oath noun (PROMISE)
- pact noun
- promise noun (SAY CERTAINLY)
- promise sb the earth/moon idiom
- promises, promises! idiom
- redeem verb (SATISFY)
- resolution noun (DECISION)
- so help me (God) idiom
- swear verb (PROMISE)
- sworn adjective
- vouch for sth/sb phrasal verb
- vouch verb
- warrant verb (PROMISE)
- warranty noun
- welsh verb
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