Honor and Violate

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Honor verb - To show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration.

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Violate is an antonym for honor.

Nearby Words: honour, honorable, honored, honoured, honorably

Violate verb - To treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect.

Usage example: the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses

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Honor is an antonym for violate in rape topic.

But two of the Untouchables are dead, and Ness had to violate a lot of his personal code of honor - including his tossing Nitti off a roof in revenge for Malone's death - to get Capone.

Source: Film / The Untouchables
Honor Before Reason: Nicholson and the officers almost let the Japanese kill them rather than violate their ethics by working on the bridge.

Source: Film / The Bridge on the River Kwai
In BattleTech the Clans' zellbrigen code of honor mandates one-on-one combat, up until one side is dishonorable enough to violate the rules and it degenerates into a free-for-all.

Source: Mook Chivalry

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