on one's honor
The phrase "on one's honor" is often used to emphasize trustworthiness and commitment, where personal integrity is at stake.
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Definition
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(common, formal)A promise made with the assurance of being upheld due to one's personal integrity.
Example
- On my honor, I will keep your secret.
- He swore on his honor to tell the truth.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "on one's honor":
upon my wordpoint of honorcross one's hearton one's own accountswear byhonest to goodnessdo one's dutyswear downdo the honorsin one's book