affair of honor
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A duel was an affair of honor because it attested to membership in an exalted class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2010
At his home in Cuba, Author Ernest Hemingway was mad enough to fight a duel over an affair of honor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nothing intrigues a Frenchman like an affair of honor.
From Time Magazine Archive
No title impended; it was primarily an affair of honor between two of the keenest match-playy golfers that ever cut a divot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hamilton’s distinction between personal and political criticism was designed to change the dispute with Burr from an affair of honor to a political difference of opinion.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
