Meaning of honor in the breach | Babel Free

Definitions

To demonstrate (a rule, law, or policy) by breaking or breaching it.

US, idiomatic, transitive

Examples

“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.”

“Many religious precepts are honoured in the breach.”

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