word of honor

English

Alternative forms

• word of honour (British and Canadian)

Pronunciation

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Noun

word of honor (plural words of honor) (chiefly US)

1. A promise; a pledge of one's good faith, veracity, and reliability.

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

• Catalan: paraula d’honor f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 榮譽的詞／荣誉的词 (róngyù de cí)

• Czech: čestné slovo
• Danish: æresord n
• Dutch: woord van eer n
• Finnish: kunniasana (fi)
• French: parole d’honneur (fr) f
• German: Wort der Ehre n
• Greek: λόγος της τιμής f (lógos tis timís)
• Hebrew: מילת כבוד f (milat kavod)
• Hungarian: becsületszó (hu), (informal) becsszó (hu)
• Icelandic: drengskaparloforð
• Italian: parola di honor f, parola d'onore f
• Japanese: 名誉の単語 (meiyo no tango)
• Korean: 명예의 낱말 (myeong'ye-ui nanmal)
• Latin: verbum honoris n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: æresord (no) n

• Polish: słowo honoru (pl)
• Portuguese: palavra de honra f
• Punjabi: ਕੌਲ m (kaul)
• Russian: сло́во че́сти n (slóvo čésti), че́стное сло́во (ru) n (čéstnoje slóvo)
• Spanish: palabra del honor f, palabra de honor f
• Turkish: namus sözü (tr), şeref sözü (tr)
• Welsh: llw m or f