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
To Owner Markey and Trainer Jones, winning the Kentucky Derby in the past has always been more an affair of honor than of money.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
