Affaire D'honneur (Noun)
Meaning
A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The two officers engaged in a fierce affaire d'honneur, their seconds carefully supervising the duel to ensure it was conducted with honor.
- He challenged his rival to an affaire d'honneur, convinced that only a duel could settle the matter and clear his tarnished reputation.
- The family's honor was at stake, and the young nobleman felt compelled to accept the affaire d'honneur, despite his mother's desperate pleas to reconsider.
- The old code of chivalry demanded that he respond to the insult with an affaire d'honneur, regardless of the risks and potentially fatal consequences.
- Their seconds carefully described the terms of the affaire d'honneur, ensuring that both duelists understood the rules that would govern the upcoming duel.