point of honor

Noun

Meaning

a concern that seriously reflects on your honor

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

delicacy punctuality scruple qualm nicety scrupulousness punctilio meticulousness scrupulosity honor system affair of honor badge of honor point of pride affair of honour sense of honour
Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

concern

Examples

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones. George Bernard Shaw

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. George Bernard Shaw

As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor. Hosea Ballou

The real point of honor [for a scientist] is not to be always right. It is to dare to propose new ideas, and then to check them. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

The light of Christianity has only served to show how much more hypocrisy and vice its teachings have begotten in the world since its advent, and how immensely superior were the ancients over us in every point of honor. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Close letter words and terms

point of equilibrium point of fact point of help point of honour point of ignition point of impact