scout's honor
Pledge of truthfulness
Scout's honor is a pledge of truthfulness or sincerity, invoking the trustworthiness associated with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
The phrase often accompanies a promise or claim that might otherwise seem doubtful: I didn't touch your cookies—scout's honor.
It can be used earnestly or with mild irony, sometimes by people who were never scouts at all.
- oathFormal binding promise
- sworn oathFormal binding promise
- pledgeBinding promise given
- promiseCommitment to act
- cross my heartEmphatic truthfulness pledge
honesty · trust · good faith · sincerity · accountability · badge · guarantee · integrity · true blue · assurance · code · vow · pinky swear · trustworthy · morality · troop · camp fire · affirmation
- oathsoath taking, swearing in, oath ceremony, sworn oath, oath of fealty
- trusttrust, believe, safety, reliability, belief
- informal agreementsverbal agreement, oral agreement, handshake deal, gentleman's agreement, verbal contract
- pledgesvow, promise, I promise, wedding vows, I vow
- honour systemsacademic integrity, self-reporting, gentleman's agreements, handshake deals, pinky promises
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, purity, pure, blameless
scout's honorlie
Deliberate falsehood
bold-faced lie · bald-faced lie · false promise · empty promise · crossed fingers
scout, scouts, scouting, scouted, honor, honour, honors, honours, honored