code of honor
Unwritten conduct rules
A code of honor is an unwritten set of principles governing behavior within a particular group or tradition.
It typically emphasizes loyalty, courage, honesty, and personal integrity: The samurai lived by a strict code of honor.
Such codes often require defending one's reputation and keeping promises, sometimes demanding actions that conflict with law or practicality: His code of honor wouldn't let him walk away from the insult.
- omertàCriminal vow of silence
- bushidoSamurai honor system
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- dutyRequired moral task
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
tradition · unwritten rules · integrity · sacred trust · knighthood · reputation · blood oath · sworn oath · justice · warrior ethos · ethics · Confucian values · seppuku · respect · morality · oath · noblesse oblige · courage
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, courtly love
- honorintegrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, good name
- Bushidobushido, samurai ethics, seppuku, harakiri, seven virtues
- knight virtuesloyalty, courage, valor, chivalry, fealty
- warrior ethicsbushido, chivalry, warrior ethos, martial spirit, comitatus
- honor systemhonesty box, self-reporting, academic integrity, good faith, mutual trust
code of honorlawlessness
Absence of governing rules
amorality · moral bankruptcy · moral relativism · anarchy · shamelessness
code of honortreachery
Deliberate violation of trust
betrayal · dishonor · disloyalty · faithlessness · perfidy
code of honorrule of law
Supremacy of established laws
legal code · criminal code · statutory law · law of the jungle · expediency
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