Definition of honor system
: a system (as at a college) whereby persons are trusted to abide by the regulations (as for a code of conduct) without supervision or surveillance
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Customers are on the honor system to pay for any software they choose to purchase.
Recent Examples of honor system from the Web
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Angelos confirmed that the policy will be enforced on the honor system.
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The process generally relies on an honor system in which clearance holders are expected themselves to report serious issues with law enforcement.
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The library, contained within a wooden box set atop a post, is a neighborhood book exchange functioning entirely on the honor system.
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The Lynx Blue Line is perhaps the city’s biggest – and most expensive – use of the honor system.
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That honor system and the peak’s proximity to a major city can combine for a chaotic climbing environment on a mountain that’s home to 11 active glaciers and deep crevasses, and prone to avalanches and erratic weather.
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Purchase a package of tea from a small kiosk near the entrance (jasmine tea was 15 yuan) and grab a thermos of hot water and a bag of sunflower seeds or lightly sweetened peanuts (5 yuan, paid on the honor system).
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The Lynx is something of an honor system in that there is no turnstile to walk through.
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Far from an archaic practice, the honor system continues to govern students at Washington and Lee.
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First Known Use of honor system
1893
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Definition of honor system for English Language Learners
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: a system in which people are trusted to follow rules and to act in an honest way
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