honor bound

idiom

: bound by one's sense of honor or what is morally right

I felt honor bound to defend them.

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Robyn Denholm, the chair of the Tesla board, argues that since March 2018 investors have earned a return of more than 1,000 percent because of Mr. Musk’s leadership, and that the company is honor bound to give him what he was promised. —Peter Eavis, New York Times, 12 June 2024