Historians have also stressed its role in a culture ofhonourand ofhonourconflicts.
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There was no guarantee that virtue would bringhonour: it would have to be its own reward.
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Instead, the only conceivable solution to duelling was a complete dismissal of the underlying theory ofhonourand valour.
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Underlying the misleading notion ofhonourwas an equally skewed view of valour.
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Possibly he objected to honouring the unconsecrated bread and wine with excessive ceremony.
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Such arrangements, enacted without the customary familial negotiations, usurped the privileges of parents and their ability to protect their family lineage, stability, andhonour.
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Inevitably individuals who believed their claims for honours were as strong as those recently ennobled came forward to press their own pretensions.
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That frustration expressed itself in harsh censure of a metropolis where success apparently had to be won at the price of personalhonour.
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In practice, many utility companies and government agencies still refuse tohonourthe preferential policy.
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Thehonouraffirmed had changed its meaning, and had a much more restricted constituency.
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Its notions ofhonourand valour were deceptive, as was its concept of civility.
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Such as you are, you will soon find ten wealthy noblemen who will vie for thehonourof making up for the absence of salary.
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While many countries have provisions in their family law legislation requiring courts to listen to the voices of children, few have actually honoured them.
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Honourmight have been a common idiom among men, but the different immigrant communities perhaps attatched to it quite different connotations and importance.
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The ways in which they sustained individualhonourremind us of the connections between kin, neighbours, and old associates that haunted civil war.
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Collocationswithhonour
honour
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badge of honour
Latin remained thebadgeofhonourthat distinguished the man of culture.
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dubious honour
Now there is another competitor for thisdubioushonour.
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great honour
But, as they insist on being treated withgreathonour, it is very difficult to get on well with them.
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