Sekirov Dictionary

honor in the breach

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To demonstrate (a rule, law, or policy) by breaking or breaching it.
- Hamlet: Ay, marry, is't: But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance. — 1599

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